Vocabulary
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- around the corner: Very near; close by.
- in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- on to: Toward something; forward
- move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- work away: To work in a place that is far from home.
- put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
- thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- slightly: Only a little
- progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
- exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
- frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
- contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
- dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
- reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
- proactive: Acting to head off anticipated future problems
- due: When something is required or expected
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
- role: Character played by an actor
- unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
- formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
- leave: To go away from; depart
- feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- informal: Casual; relaxed
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- prefer: To like something better than something else
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- great: Very good; better than before
- person: Man, woman or child
- business: A company formed for making profit
- folder: Container that holds documents
- marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- upgrade: To improve something in terms of quality
- update: Addition of a current version of something
- informally: In a casual or relaxed way
- workplace: Place where work is done
- workshop: A brief intensive course for a small group
- logo: Name, symbol or picture which represents a company
- mini: Small British car
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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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