Vocabulary
- on site: At the location of a particular activity or project.
- have to: Must do
- in terms of
- in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- roll off: To fall off something by rolling.
- bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
- home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- for rent: Available to be rented or leased.
- power on: To activate or switch on a device or machine.
- going on: To continue doing something
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- automotive industry: The sector of industry involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and sales of motor vehicles.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
- trailer park: An area where trailers or mobile homes are parked for residential use.
- wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
- hand over: To give into the possession or control of another
- red tape: Formalities; paperwork; official procedure
- time is money: Time should be used productively as it is valuable like money.
- bricks and mortar: A traditional business with a physical store or office, as opposed to an online business.
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- chip away: To gradually make something weaker or smaller.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- enormous: Huge; very big; very important
- crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
- stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
- advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- industry: Hard work; being busy working
- lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
- afford: To make available, to provide
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
- adopt: To legally take a child into your family
- factor: Something that influences a result
- regulate: To control something with rules or laws
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
- resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
- construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
- interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- maneuver: Military movement of troops
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- important: Having power or authority
- trailer: Advertisement of short scenes from a movie
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
- piece: A counter in a board game
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- reliance: State of being dependent on something for help
- part: Division of a book
- nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
- residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
- climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
- expensive: Costing a lot of money
- add: To include as well
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- median: Being in the middle or average
- oversee: To check on or manage the work of others
- backlog: Amount of unfinished work or unfilled orders
- robotic: Concerning mechanical robots
- cyclical: Series of regular and repeated actions
- online: Connected to the internet
- industrialize: To make into something at an industrial level
- automotive: Concerning cars
- beck: Poetic mountain stream; brook
- affordability: Cheap enough to buy something you want
- cutter: A special tool used for cutting things
- prefab: Prefabricated house or other structure
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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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