Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- a good portion: A significant or substantial amount of something.
- make up: To invent or create a story
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- amounted to: To have reached a total of; to be equal to.
- thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
- poverty: State of being poor
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- amount: Quantity of something
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- financial: Involving money
- portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
- worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- aid: To help others and provide things
- investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
- trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
- steep: Very expensive
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
- leave: To go away from; depart
- development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
- receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- downside: Negative aspect of something
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- middle: Place that is halfway between two things
- exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
- spur: To make your horse go faster
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- great: Very good; better than before
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- instability: Condition of being changeable
- entrepreneurship: Starting up of new businesses
- beneficiary: Person who benefits from something
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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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