Vocabulary
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- put off: To take off, e.g. clothing
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
- kill me: An exaggerated expression of frustration or annoyance.
- face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
- out of reach: Cannot be touched as it is far away
- got to: To arrive at some place
- back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
- start over: To begin again.
- set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- million dollar: Extremely valuable or impressive; very expensive.
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- slip away: To leave a place quietly or secretly, often to avoid attention.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
- to death: Extremely; to a great degree
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- time left: The amount of time that remains or is available.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- prioritize: To rank things in importance
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
- spouse: Someone's husband or wife
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
- lean: To balance against or on something for support
- society: A group who meet to share values or interests
- upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
- chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
- suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
- spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- respect: To follow the established rules
- leave: To go away from; depart
- impress: To make an emotional impact upon
- goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
- achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
- cardiac: Concerning the heart
- trip: To release an electrical switch
- promotion: Act of advertising a product to people
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- postpone: To schedule for a later time
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- business: A company formed for making profit
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- part: Division of a book
- hamster: Small animal with small tail, and large cheeks
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- gamble: To play games to win money
- unlimited: Being free from limits, restrictions or rules
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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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