Vocabulary
- reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
- at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
- lead to: To result in some action
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- feel right: To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
- write down: To record in writing
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- care for: To want or desire a thing
- no shame: Without a sense of embarrassment or guilt.
- weight down: To make something heavier or more difficult to move.
- step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
- have to: Must do
- cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
- fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
- overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- mental: Concerning the mind
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
- trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- vague: Not clearly stated or expressed; rough; unclear
- therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
- epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- desire: To wish for, hope or want something
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
- algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
- passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
- pile: Large amount of something
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
- steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
- observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
- anonymous: Unknown; with no name revealed
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
- shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
- connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
- anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
- suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
- signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
- rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
- evaporate: To pass off or away; to disappear
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
- point: An item to be discussed
- swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
- loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
- unplug: To pull out the plug of (electrical appliances)
- differ: To be different; to be not like others
- distortion: Act of changing the shape, details, appearance of
- depersonalization: Condition of a loss of personal identity
- hotline: Telephone line that gives direct, fast access
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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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