Vocabulary
- throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
- forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- get along: To have a friendly relationship with someone; like
- stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
- on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
- on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
- in part: To some extent; partially.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
- in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
- in that order: Following the sequence or arrangement previously mentioned or understood.
- check on: To check that things are OK, correct
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- at most: Not more than; a maximum of.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- without knowing: Unaware; without being conscious of something.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- regardless of
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- for instance: As an example.
- cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- massive: Very big; large; too big
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- mental: Concerning the mind
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
- acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
- specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
- general: Widespread, normal or usual
- exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- amount: Quantity of something
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
- filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
- similar: Nearly the same; alike
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
- rigid: Stiff rather than flexible
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
- autism: Disorder that prevents normal communication
- leave: To go away from; depart
- framework: Skeleton structure of a building or construction
- linguistic: Of or relating to language
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
- important: Having power or authority
- hyper: Very excited or active
- polyglot: Person able to speak many languages
- grammatical: Conforming to the rules of syntax
- comprehensible: Able to be understood
- declarative: Of or having the nature of a declaration
- affective: Relating to or affecting the emotions
- cognitively: With regard to cognition
- hebrew: Ancient Semitic language now spoken in Israel
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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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