Vocabulary
- do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- few steps: A small number of steps; a short distance.
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- intuitive: Able to understand by feeling rather than fact
- consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
- evolve: To develop certain features
- academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
- measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
- align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
- reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- adapt: To change something for a different function
- interpretation: Explanation of the meaning of something
- introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
- rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
- broad: General; not detailed
- assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
- proficiency: High amount of skill or ability in something
- collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
- succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- trust: To expect confidently
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- level: Specific height of something
- exam: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
- update: Addition of a current version of something
- globally: Throughout the world
- baffle: To puzzle; to confuse
- lastly: In conclusion; at the final part of something
- calculus: Branch of math dealing with rates of change, etc.
- personalize: To make personal or more personal
- toefl: Test Of English as a Foreign Language
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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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