Vocabulary
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
- check out
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- write down: To record in writing
- pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
- come from: To have as your native country or city
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- dig deep: To make a great effort; to try very hard.
- such as: For example; like
- in charge: To be responsible for
- on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
- red tape: Formalities; paperwork; official procedure
- walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- crave: To have a very strong desire for something
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- spontaneous: Happening on its own, without anyone helping it
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
- decade: Period of 10 years
- financial: Involving money
- debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
- realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- autonomy: The power to make independent decisions
- personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
- wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
- path: Method of living leading to a particular result
- suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
- external: Concerning foreign countries
- passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
- trap: Device used for catching animals
- prestige: High respect and status, as from being successful
- actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
- fulfillment: Feeling of satisfaction from achieving something
- immerse: To put something in liquid until it is covered
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
- anatomy: Scientific study of the structure of (human) body
- fantasize: To imagine an unreal situation; to dream about
- leave: To go away from; depart
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
- whimsical: Quaintly humorous; funny in an odd way
- rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
- deep: Complex and important
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
- pivot: Point on which something turns or balances
- hollow: (Of objects) having nothing inside; not solid
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
- calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
- entrepreneurship: Starting up of new businesses
- healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
- disappointing: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
- dabble: To take part in an activity in a casual manner
- residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
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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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