Vocabulary
- digital media: Electronic devices and media platforms used to create, distribute, and consume content.
- deal with
- certain foods: Specific types of food, often referring to those with particular characteristics or effects.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- crave: To have a very strong desire for something
- practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
- psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
- appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
- motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- reward: To give something because of someone's good work
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
- tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
- awareness: Having knowledge of something
- drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
- distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
- lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
- cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
- numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
- tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- willpower: Ability to make yourself do what you really want
- serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
- resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
- tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
- empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
- relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- digital: Using electronic signals or computers
- sodium: A soft, white chemical element
- activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
- withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- dehydration: The state of not having enough water
- diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
- stimulation: Arousal of interest or emotions
- soothe: To relieve something, like pain
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- numbness: State of not being able to feel or sense something
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- deplete: To reduce the amount, strength or number of
- disconnect: To separate something from something else
- lonely: Sad because apart from other people
- hunger: Strong desire or need
- hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
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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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