Vocabulary
- due to: Because of; owing to
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- stack up: To compare with something else; measure up.
- tap out: To submit in a grappling sport by tapping the opponent or the mat.
- to bits: Broken into many small pieces; completely ruined.
- on account of: Because of.
- account of: A spoken or written description of an event.
- at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- material: Cloth; fabric
- extreme: Very great in degree
- category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
- contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- blast: To attack someone with words
- stack: A large number or amount of something
- path: Method of living leading to a particular result
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
- fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
- account: An advantage
- primarily: In the most basic or important way
- giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
- terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
- tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
- due: When something is required or expected
- sanitation: Water systems that protect people's health
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- click: To work well with someone or something
- vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- framework: Skeleton structure of a building or construction
- noggin: A human head
- hazard: Something that is dangerous and causes problems
- vary: To change something and make it different
- altogether: All things considered
- commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
- enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
- explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
- aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
- transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
- sidekick: Person often with another more important person
- encompass: To encircle; cover completely
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- bob: To move up and down repeatedly
- wheeze: To breathe with difficulty
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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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