Vocabulary
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- on time
- play it safe: To avoid risks; to be cautious.
- rally behind: To show strong support for a person, cause, or team.
- for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- check out
- deal with
- discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
- commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
- vulnerability: Being weak and able to be easily hurt or damaged
- debate: General public discussion of a topic
- vague: Not clearly stated or expressed; rough; unclear
- practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
- conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
- underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
- avoid: To prevent from happening
- accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
- foundation: Base or important starting point
- suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
- accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
- decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
- snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
- shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
- performance: Act of doing something
- engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
- incompetent: Not having the skill or ability to do a thing well
- clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
- inconsistent: Not tying together logically or with the facts
- silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
- peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
- talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
- internal: Being or happening in the body
- hesitate: To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
- harmony: Pleasing, attractive combination of parts, things
- absence: State of not being present, or not existing
- dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
- digital: Using electronic signals or computers
- intensely: In a manner that is very strong or extreme
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- connect: To associate a thing with something else
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- morale: the amount of confidence and enthusiasm, etc. that a person or a group has at a particular time
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- execution: Killing a person as a (usually legal) punishment
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- product: Item that can be bought
- blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
- weak: Not having a strong character
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- dysfunction: Failure to act as expected, as in a social context
- startup: A company just starting its operations
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- disagreement: Act or state of not agreeing
- normalize: To make something normal or regular
- checklist: List of tasks and things to be checked
- toolkit: A set of hand tools, e.g. drivers and spanners
- poof: A footstool to rest your feet on
- buyout: Acquisition of a company by purchasing its stock
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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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