Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- up and running: Fully operational; functioning correctly.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- build out: To expand or develop something, such as a business or system.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
- in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
- get up to: To do something slightly naughty
- word of mouth: Information spread by people telling each other.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- check on: To check that things are OK, correct
- going on: To continue doing something
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- go find: To search for and locate someone or something.
- do over: To repeat an action; do something again
- for long: For a considerable period of time.
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- come over to: To visit someone's house
- come between: To be the cause of a disagreement between people
- come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
- fill up
- dispose of: To get rid of something, especially by throwing it away.
- move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
- walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
- write down: To record in writing
- note down: To write something down so that you do not forget it.
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
- community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- efficient: Able to produce results without waste
- competition: Fighting against others to win something
- tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
- harness: To capture the power of something
- profit: Benefit from doing something
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- trailer: Advertisement of short scenes from a movie
- couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- prefer: To like something better than something else
- optimize: To make as effective as possible
- landfill: Burial of garbage, as to build up low-lying land
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- great: Very good; better than before
- poop: Feces
- fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
- business: A company formed for making profit
- dispose: To get rid of by throwing away
- income: Earned money from work, investments or business
- roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
- customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- rank: To rate or class things
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- appliance: Device designed to perform common household tasks
- nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
- list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- handicapped: To make it difficult for someone to make progress
- item: Single, brief piece of news or reporting
- veterinarian: One whose job is to care for animals' health; vet
- boulder: Big rock, usually round in shape
- recur: To occur again or repeatedly
- gutter: Trough along the eaves of roof for collecting rain
- online: Connected to the internet
- personalize: To make personal or more personal
- overwork: To make someone work too long or too hard
- blower: Device that produces a current of air
- keyword: Significant or descriptive word used in searches
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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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