Vocabulary
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- across the board: Broad in scope or content
- on time
- by accident: Without intending to; unintentionally.
- from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
- in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
- lights up: Third-person singular present tense of to illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
- look around: To explore a place; search for something.
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- food delivery: A service that delivers food to a customer's location.
- true nature: The inherent qualities or character of a person or thing.
- secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
- lose money: To suffer a financial loss; to not make a profit.
- cut down: To reduce your use of something
- break even: To neither make a profit nor a loss
- smell blood: To sense weakness or advantage in another.
- with extra steps: Including additional or unnecessary movements or actions.
- foot the bill: To pay a bill
- behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
- reveal: To show something that was hidden before
- multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
- desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
- revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
- psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
- exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
- brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
- split: No longer married or in a relationship
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- industry: Hard work; being busy working
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- financial: Involving money
- debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
- statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
- collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
- shrink: To become smaller
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
- capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
- purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
- leave: To go away from; depart
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- inventory: List of items stored at a place
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- compliance: Act of obeying a law, etc.
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- act: To behave in a certain way
- transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
- retailer: Merchant/store who sells goods at retail
- paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
- merchant: Someone who buys and sells goods
- workforce: The total number of working people
- cascade: Body of water falling from something tall
- payroll: Money needed to pay those working for a company
- bureau: Administrative unit of government
- burrito: Flour tortilla folded around a filling
- loophole: Error when making rules allowing people to avoid
- bailout: Giving money to help someone get out of debt
- stagger: To greatly surprise someone
- profitability: Degree to which money can be made in business
- checkout: Counter in a supermarket where you pay for goods
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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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The "buy now, pay later" bubble is about to explode
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