Vocabulary
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- at least: As a minimum
- of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
- pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- hear of: To know about someone or something because you have been told about them
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- of sorts: Of a kind, but not a very good one.
- stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
- in the moment: At the present time; now.
- not necessary: Not required; not needed.
- allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
- go away: To go on vacation
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- such as: For example; like
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- like the wind: Moving very fast, quickly like the wind blows.
- being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
- be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
- in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
- recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- express: To send something by fast mail
- grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
- awareness: Having knowledge of something
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
- abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
- acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
- mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
- rage: Strong or violent anger
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- afford: To make available, to provide
- mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- physically: In a manner related to the body
- prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
- preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- boundary: A division or border to separate two areas
- dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
- nutshell: Shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
- invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
- nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
- pillow: Soft cushion for your head on a bed/while sleeping
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
- lust: Sexual desire
- neuroscientist: Neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
- punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
- abdomen: The part of the body where the stomach is
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- person: Man, woman or child
- difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- mount: To attach something to something else
- lava: Very hot liquid rock flowing from a volcano
- lineage: People in someone's family who lived in the past
- metabolize: (Of the body) to convert food into energy
- buddhist: Someone who follows the teachings of Buddha
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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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