Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- quick question: A brief and simple inquiry.
- lay in: To provide stocks (e.g. for the winter)
- in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
- drift off: To gradually fall asleep.
- halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
- get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- together with: In addition to; along with.
- shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
- check out
- in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
- write down: To record in writing
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
- reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
- chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
- fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
- overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
- meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- hygiene: Cleanliness; being clean
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- decline: To bend towards the ground
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
- reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
- accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
- numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- motivate: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
- empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
- mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
- quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
- mindfulness: Paying attention to your responsibilities
- scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- tidy: With things in their proper place; not messy
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
- daily: Happening every day
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- tally: To count or reckon up; to score a point
- burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
- worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
- energize: To give more energy and power to someone
- overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- reactive: Easily reacting to; responsive
- micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
- helplessness: A feeling of being unable to manage
- unsure: Lacking confidence or certainty
- preventative: Intended to stop something bad from happening
- refuel: To put more fuel into a vehicle, etc.
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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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