Vocabulary
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- tough questions: Difficult or challenging questions that require careful consideration and honest answers.
- on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- entrepreneur: Businessperson who develops new businesses
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- debate: General public discussion of a topic
- potentially: That could happen or become reality
- executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- express: To send something by fast mail
- substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
- gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
- reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
- personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
- capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
- validation: Act of finding or testing the truth of something
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- result: Something produced through tests or experiments
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
- authenticity: Quality of being genuine, not a fake or copy
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- immerse: To put something in liquid until it is covered
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- fortune: What might happen to you in the future
- produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
- feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- reduction: Act of making something smaller
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- stagnant: Unmoving; not growing, as of an economy
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
- great: Very good; better than before
- intellectually: In a manner involving reasoning or complex ideas
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- person: Man, woman or child
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- serial: Story that is told is several parts on TV or radio
- analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
- constrain: To make someone do something by strong persuasion
- silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
- bubbly: Full of bubbles, like a soda
- ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
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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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林宜悉 posted on 2025/07/24Ever wondered if you should push back on feedback? This video shares a fascinating story about a career pivot in Silicon Valley where rejecting manager feedback actually boosted someone's career! You'll learn practical workplace phrases and gain cultural insights into authentic leadership.
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