Vocabulary
- in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
- as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
- like new: In very good, almost perfect condition as if unused.
- for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
- controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
- distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
- pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
- presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
- odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
- narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
- notch: Certain level (slightly higher or lower than)
- master: To gain control over something
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- row: To move a boat using oars
- automatic: Done without conscious thought
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- spell: To lead to future trouble
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- daily: Happening every day
- jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
- chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- business: A company formed for making profit
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- applaud: To clap the hands together to express support
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- newsletter: Report or open letter giving news to a group
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- phonetic: Concerning the sounds of languages
- oval: Being egg-shaped
- merge: To cause two or more things to combine into one
- merger: Combination of two or more companies into one
- cot: Bed with high sides for a baby
- masterclass: An example of excellent work
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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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