Vocabulary
- look past: To ignore something, especially a fault, in order to help someone.
- ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
- assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
- material: Cloth; fabric
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
- term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
- impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
- conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
- surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
- expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
- financial: Involving money
- fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
- affect: To cause a change in something else
- intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
- volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
- inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
- vicinity: Surrounding or nearby region; proximity
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
- economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- energy: Physical or mental strength
- leave: To go away from; depart
- invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
- rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- duration: Length of time that something lasts
- uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
- act: To behave in a certain way
- point: An item to be discussed
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- agile: Quick and skillful in moving; nimble
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- entrench: To make an opinion fixed so it is hard to change
- unchanged: Not made or become different
- policymaker: Someone who makes and decides (government) plans
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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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