Vocabulary
- cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- coping mechanism: A psychological strategy used to manage stress or emotional distress.
- in moderation: Not excessively; with restraint.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- feel out: To try to discover someone's opinions, ideas, or intentions by talking to them for a while.
- out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
- out of nowhere: Suddenly and unexpectedly; from an unknown place or source.
- go against: To disagree with or challenge someone
- over time: Gradually; as time passes.
- lead to: To result in some action
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- no shame: Without a sense of embarrassment or guilt.
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- mental: Concerning the mind
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- reveal: To show something that was hidden before
- pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
- routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
- urge: A strong desire for something
- anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
- compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
- doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
- appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
- motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
- desire: To wish for, hope or want something
- reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
- permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
- shift: To change in position or direction
- psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
- distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
- cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
- arousal: Being woken up from sleep; sexual excitement
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
- therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
- moderation: Decrease in the amount of something that is high
- compulsive: Having difficulty to stop yourself doing something
- spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
- religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
- relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- internal: Being or happening in the body
- boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
- loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
- frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- act: To behave in a certain way
- clash: To have a disagreement or fight over something
- point: An item to be discussed
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
- bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- afterward: Happening after something else happened
- overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
- masturbation: Stimulation of the genitals for sexual pleasure
- psych: (Of an upcoming event) to cause excitement in
- masturbate: To emit semen by self-manipulation of the penis
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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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