Vocabulary
- with age: As someone gets older; as time passes.
- take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
- in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
- split up: To break up your marriage or relationship
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- on to: Toward something; forward
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- reveal: To show something that was hidden before
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- recap: Brief description of something that had been said
- vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
- decline: To bend towards the ground
- concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
- compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
- refer: To talk about or write about something
- organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
- doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
- narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
- satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
- transcript: Paper copy of something spoken or recorded
- spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
- tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
- informal: Casual; relaxed
- visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- programme: A plan or schedule of events
- amplify: To increase the effect of something
- damage: Physical harm that is done to something
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- vibration: Shaking motion
- continuously: Without stops, breaks, or an end
- biology: The study of living things
- funnel: to send something directly and intentionally.
- base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
- downward: Moving from a higher to a lower condition/place
- vibrate: To shake side to side quickly in small movements
- worksheet: Piece of paper showing work planned or done
- hammer: To bring severe damage, harm, or blame upon
- cone: A 3D shape with a circular base and pointed top
- redundancy: Existence of an already present thing as a backup
- exclaim: To say or shout something suddenly
- pneumatic: Filled with air; working by air pressure
- computation: Act of calculating; method of computing
- anvil: Heavy iron block on which metal is shaped
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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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