Vocabulary
- dead or alive: Regardless of whether someone is living or dead; in any condition.
- as for: Concerning; regarding.
- centered around: To have (something) as the main subject or focus.
- on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
- experienced in: Having skill or knowledge as a result of experience.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- at home: In one's own residence or country.
- all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
- at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
- at worst: If the most unfavorable outcome happens.
- have to: Must do
- pull off: To manage to succeed
- got to: To arrive at some place
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- move into: To start living in a new house or building
- bounce in: To enter a place quickly and energetically.
- of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
- switch on: To put something electrical on or off
- for shit: Used to say something is of very poor quality or useless.
- out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
- spinning out: To prolong or extend something, often unnecessarily.
- even out: To become level or uniform.
- looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
- evolve: To develop certain features
- obnoxious: Annoying or rude; offensive
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- combat: To fight someone or something physically
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
- dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
- flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
- tedious: Being uninteresting and taking a long time; boring
- occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
- handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
- mundane: Being ordinary and therefore boring
- franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
- generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- console: To make someone feel better in times of distress
- technically: In an exact and particular manner
- pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
- switch: A change or shift from one method to another
- disgusting: Having a very bad taste
- respect: To follow the established rules
- influx: Sudden arrival of many people or things
- flirt: To behave playfully to arouse romantic interest
- rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
- bounce: A person's energy or confidence
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- void: Empty feeling because nothing interests you
- millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
- button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
- blur: To make something unclear or out of focus
- basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- forage: Plants that animals eat
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
- pirate: To copy or sell a product illegally
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- archaic: Old and no longer relevant or applicable
- rancid: With an unpleasant smell or taste, like sour milk
- revisit: To talk or think about something again
- dead: Not alive
- story: One of many floors or levels in a building
- vacation: Time off work used for relaxation or travel
- off: Away or free from work
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- man: Humans in general, including male and female
- triple: Group or set of three
- unstable: (Of a chair, etc.) likely to move, fall etc.
- plaza: Open public space
- romance: To court someone into a love relationship
- spinoff: New additional thing based on successful film, etc.
- shopkeeper: Merchant who owns or manages a shop
- gameplay: The plot of a computer or video game
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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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