Vocabulary
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- off the table: No longer being considered or discussed.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- at the moment: At this time; now
- have to: Must do
- play out: To use up or exhaust
- lay off: To stop troubling or hitting someone
- take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
- at this rate: If things continue as they are now.
- with just: Using only; with no more than.
- of value: Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
- lean into: To bend or move your body closer to something, often for support or to get a better view.
- cut in: To interrupt someone's conversation
- at least: As a minimum
- on the same page: To have a shared understanding or agreement about something.
- opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
- ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
- well up: (of tears) to rise to the surface and gather in someone's eyes.
- right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
- make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
- to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
- individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
- consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
- lean: To balance against or on something for support
- concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
- predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
- consensus: A decision that is shared by most of a group
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- huge: Very very large
- anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
- stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
- retail: Business of selling products to the public
- labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
- fabulous: Almost impossible to believe, incredible
- pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
- economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
- apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
- pinch: A very small amount of something
- broad: General; not detailed
- circulation: Movement of blood through the body
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- important: Having power or authority
- rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
- economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
- great: Very good; better than before
- lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- greed: Wanting too much of something
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
- barometer: Any instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- headline: To be the main performer at a show
- datum: Item of factual information
- analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
- playbook: Notebook with diagrams of the plays of a team
- bullish: Expecting a rise in prices
- setup: Way something is organized or arranged
- swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
- valuation: Price of something, determined by expert
- canary: Small yellow songbird that can be kept as a pet
- institutional: Being related or similar to an institution
- spook: To scare; frighten
- selectivity: Quality of being selective
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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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