Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- point out: To make others aware of an idea
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
- dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- pull away: To drive (vehicle) away;
- reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
- deal with
- get emotional: To become easily affected by emotions; to become sentimental or tearful.
- cool off: To become cooler.
- lean into: To bend or move your body closer to something, often for support or to get a better view.
- opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
- grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
- check out
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
- appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
- pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- passionate: Being easily excited to strong emotions
- crave: To have a very strong desire for something
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- presence: The same place or area that a person is
- conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
- intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
- curious: Wanting to know more about something
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- awareness: Having knowledge of something
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- lean: To balance against or on something for support
- perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
- stumble: Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
- fluency: Ability to do something well and with ease
- snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
- curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- boundary: A division or border to separate two areas
- clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- flourish: To show and direct attention by waving something
- quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
- distant: Unfriendly; cold
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- intentional: Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
- aspire: To have a great ambition or goal
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
- burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
- dodge: To attempt to avoid something
- humor: Quality that makes something funny
- closeness: A feeling of being intimate and belonging together
- miscommunication: Mistakes made when exchanging messages
- devalue: To reduce the value or worth of a currency, etc.
- changer: A person who changes something
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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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