Vocabulary
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- in a row: One after another without a break.
- hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- articulate: To express something clearly using language
- phrase: Common expression or saying
- accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
- method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- financial: Involving money
- tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
- regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
- capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
- therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
- niche: Small part of a market representing an opportunity
- transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- effortlessly: In a manner that requires little or no 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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