Vocabulary
- set up
- jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
- dream up: To invent or imagine something, especially something unusual or ingenious.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- mean business: To be serious about what one intends to do.
- in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
- on the market: Available for sale.
- break into: To start suddenly (crying, panicking, etc.)
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
- draw up: To create a formal document
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- close down: To shut an operation, company, shop
- have to: Must do
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- jump out: To suddenly appear or move forward, often to surprise someone.
- back up: To save a copy of your computer data
- on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
- in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
- for sale: (object) that people can buy
- with difficulty: Indicates doing something with great effort or struggle.
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- express: To send something by fast mail
- silly: Careless
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- implement: To start to do something you plan to do
- reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
- argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
- request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
- informal: Casual; relaxed
- formulate: To make and develop a set of rules or ideas
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- scrap: To fight with someone
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- programme: A plan or schedule of events
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
- dig: To move material to create a hole
- devise: To think of and plan something
- scientist: Person who is trained in a science
- vegetarian: Being made from vegetables and not having any meat
- store: To put things in a place for later use
- loaf: Large piece of bread baked as a whole
- cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
- recovery: Process of returning to a former (good) state
- disclose: To make once private information public
- analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
- withhold: To hold something back; restrict access to
- helpful: Doing things that help someone
- bell: Metal object shaped like a cup that rings when hit
- overtake: To pass and go in front of another car
- freelancer: Person working for him, herself, not a company
- skid: To slide along a surface in an uncontrolled way
- enrol: To put someone into a group; to register
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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
A2 Elementary
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