Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- in theory: According to the stated ideas or principles
- miss out: To exclude; not include in something
- speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
- in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
- in question: Being doubted or disputed; under discussion.
- lay out: To show or explain your plans carefully
- on behalf of: As the representative of someone
- all along: From the beginning; all the time.
- win over: To convince others to support you or your ideas
- discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
- mental: Concerning the mind
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- recap: Brief description of something that had been said
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
- presence: The same place or area that a person is
- audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
- compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
- intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- express: To send something by fast mail
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
- intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
- rage: Strong or violent anger
- dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- digestion: Process of changing eaten food for use in the body
- principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
- benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
- effect: An advantage, benefit
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- expectation: Belief or hope that something is going to happen
- empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
- plausible: Being reasonable and possibly true
- unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
- induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
- pillow: Soft cushion for your head on a bed/while sleeping
- unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
- quirk: Strange aspect (of nature); strange habit
- paranoia: Disorder in which you fear people want to harm you
- great: Very good; better than before
- person: Man, woman or child
- behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- muddle: To cause confusion through interference
- disparate: Not alike; that cannot be compared
- freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
- outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
- stifle: To hold back (a yawn, opposition etc.); smother
- crucially: To an extremely important or necessary degree
- sob: To make gasping sounds while crying
- leisurely: Not hurried or forced
- courtroom: Room in which a law court sits
- hitherto: Or legal up to this time; as yet
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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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