Vocabulary
- stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
- going on: To continue doing something
- on a trip: Traveling; away from home for a period of time.
- bring about: To cause to happen
- buckle up: To fasten one's seatbelt.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
- wait on: To serve customers in a restaurant, shop, etc.
- make up: To invent or create a story
- to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
- creep into: To enter a place quietly and stealthily, often without permission.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- due to: Because of; owing to
- hang out: To spend time with your friends
- red flag: A warning sign or signal of danger or a problem.
- point out: To make others aware of an idea
- on to: Toward something; forward
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
- constantly: Frequently, or without pause
- individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
- mental: Concerning the mind
- deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
- genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
- hygiene: Cleanliness; being clean
- doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
- territory: Area of land defended by an animal
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- toxic: Poisonous; harmful
- consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
- insecure: Lacking confidence or certainty about yourself
- jerk: Someone you think is an idiot
- passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
- abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
- concern: To be about a particular topic
- ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
- foundation: Base or important starting point
- comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
- behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
- therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
- jealous: Wishing you were like someone or had their things
- define: To explain the meaning of words
- polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
- secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
- seek: To ask someone for help
- undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
- rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
- clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- insecurity: Lack of confidence or certainty about yourself
- creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
- buckle: Metal attachment or hook on the end of a belt
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- holy: Being good according to religious standards
- inadequacy: Not enough; not good enough; not satisfactory
- point: An item to be discussed
- clarify: To make a liquid become clear or pure
- license: To give official permission to do something
- malicious: Intending to harm or hurt someone
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- puppet: Person or group that is controlled by another
- healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- overdue: Past the date you should do something
- toxicity: Quality or degree of being poisonous
- phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy
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She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.
Vocabulary
- brave
adj. Having courage
- comfort zone
phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe
Explanation
a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step".
forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead".
The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.
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brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
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