Vocabulary
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- pile up: To put things on top of each other to form a pile
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- in check: Under control; restrained.
- step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
- in the moment: At the present time; now.
- spiral out: To decline or deteriorate rapidly and uncontrollably.
- forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- get stuck in: To become enthusiastically involved in something.
- out of proportion: Exaggerated or inappropriate in scale or degree.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- mess up: To make a mistake
- step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
- talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
- arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- urge: A strong desire for something
- destination: The place you are traveling to
- express: To send something by fast mail
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
- frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
- ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
- tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
- upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- trap: Device used for catching animals
- regulate: To control something with rules or laws
- snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
- resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
- spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
- frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
- mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
- empower: To give someone a power or ability
- tidy: With things in their proper place; not messy
- opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
- intentional: Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- modify: To make minor change to something
- provoke: To deliberately annoy to make someone aggressive
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- torment: Great mental or physical pain
- discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- derail: (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- rant: To talk on and on in an excited or confused way
- negativity: Tendency to deny or resist suggestions or commands
- erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
- modification: A small change to a machine, system, or plan
- mindless: Without thinking things through; stupid; unfeeling
- disagreement: Act or state of not agreeing
- calmly: Without getting emotional, e.g. in times of stress
- deployment: Distribution of forces before battle or work
- modulation: Musical passage moving from one key to another
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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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