Vocabulary
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
- speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
- in record time: Faster than has ever been done before.
- spit out: To eject something from the mouth.
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- one too many: More than is acceptable or advisable; excessive.
- on the spot: Immediately; at that location.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- in the moment: At the present time; now.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- catch up: To become equal with another person
- other than: Except for; apart from.
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- at least: As a minimum
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
- in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
- in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
- check out
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- mindset: Way someone things about something
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- fluent: Doing something well and with ease
- express: To send something by fast mail
- barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
- absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
- athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
- formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
- fluency: Ability to do something well and with ease
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
- activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- arsenal: Place where weapons are stored
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- schedule: A list of events and their times
- greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
- shadow: To cover something with shade
- echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
- shrug: To raise the shoulders to show you don't care
- relentlessly: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
- peanut: Edible small nut which grows under the ground
- robotic: Concerning mechanical robots
- stammer: To make small pauses and repetitions when speaking
- misheard: To not properly hear something
- nervously: In an anxiously nervous manner
- connector: A device that joins things together
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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
A2 Elementary
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