Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- have to: Must do
- pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- going on: To continue doing something
- paying off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
- go towards: To move in the direction of someone or something.
- on credit: Purchasing something now but paying for it later.
- lead to: To result in some action
- rely on: To depend on someone or something
- out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
- turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
- at least: As a minimum
- calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
- in my humble opinion: Giving a modest or polite personal opinion.
- long list: An extensive or detailed enumeration of items, names, or details.
- primary purpose: The main or most important aim or reason for something.
- deal with
- in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
- in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- work out
- found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
- devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
- debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
- bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
- currency: Widespread acceptance
- capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
- valuable: Being useful or important
- huge: Very very large
- purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
- stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
- tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- important: Having power or authority
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- senate: A board of governors at a college or university
- percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
- foreseeable: That can be predicted in the future
- slowdown: Act of slowing down or falling behind
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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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