Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- drop off: To leave someone, something somewhere
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
- from side to side: Moving left and right repeatedly.
- in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
- wind up: To be brought to a state of great tension
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
- almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
- get here: To arrive at a specific location.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- drive up: To cause something to increase.
- build in: To include something as part of a plan, system, or design.
- ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
- essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
- scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- alternative: Something different you can choose
- impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
- capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
- accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- implement: To start to do something you plan to do
- alleviate: To lessen the severity of something
- expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
- disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- direction: When someone tells people what to do
- core: To take out the central section of a fruit
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- temporarily: For a limited amount of time
- curb: Anything that restrains or controls
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- flexible: Bending easily
- mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
- construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
- congestion: Excessive accumulation of blood/fluid in the body
- route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
- pedestrian: Unremarkable; ordinary; not special
- viable: Being capable of living, growing, and developing
- solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
- satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- exacerbate: To increase the severity or bitterness of
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- mission: A task or role someone is given to do
- proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- indefinitely: Without limit or end
- cumbersome: Being slow, heavy or difficult to move
- area: Amount of measured space
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- transit: System of transportation, often in a city
- come: To arrive at a place
- add: To include as well
- international: Of or relating to several countries
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- lax: Not careful about your work or attitudes; sloppy
- concourse: Large area in an airport etc., where people walk
- shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
- congest: To be or become very crowded
- crossover: The use of a new style (especially in pop music)
- horseshoe: Metal plate nailed to the hoof of a horse
- roadway: Road over which vehicles travel
- walkway: Path set aside for walking
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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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