Vocabulary
- answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
- check out
- in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
- at heart: In one's real or essential nature; fundamentally.
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- critical to: Extremely important or essential.
- fit together: To combine or join parts properly or correctly.
- cut up: Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
- in case of: If something happens; in the event of.
- on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
- up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
- have to: Must do
- for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
- off and on: Intermittently; sometimes happening and sometimes not.
- on a daily basis: Happening every day.
- thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
- in operation: Currently working or functioning as intended.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- absolutely: Completely; totally; very
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- enormous: Huge; very big; very important
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- destination: The place you are traveling to
- industry: Hard work; being busy working
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
- dictate: To speak while someone writes down your words
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- eerie: Strange, mysterious and frightening
- abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
- fad: Something popular for a short time
- vary: To change something and make it different
- square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
- invention: Something new that is different from other things
- wild: In a manner which lacks control
- century: Period of 100 years
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
- determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- serene: Very calm or peaceful
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- operation: Business or company, or its activities
- electricity: Energy generated positive and negative charges
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
- area: Amount of measured space
- deplete: To reduce the amount, strength or number of
- fascinate: To attract or interest greatly
- underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
- livelihood: Way someone earns money to live
- ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
- designation: Giving a name and purpose to something
- uncommon: Not typical; not normal; unusual
- tungsten: Heavy grey-white metallic element
- curiously: In a manner differing from the usual or expected
- ore: Rock containing valuable metal
- saloon: Establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
- mountainside: Side or slope of a mountain
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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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