Vocabulary
- set up
- for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
- get up to: To do something slightly naughty
- off the shelf: Readily available; not custom-made.
- in management: Employed in a managerial role or department.
- dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
- make contact with: To initiate communication with someone.
- build up: To increase the amount; collect something
- watch over: To protect or guard someone or something.
- answer for: Be responsible for and explain one's actions.
- down to earth: Practical, realistic, and approachable.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- back then: At that time in the past.
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- on the go: Very busy and active.
- kick in: (Of a medicine, plan, etc.) to start to have an effect; become operative
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
- in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
- approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
- ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
- recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
- skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- initial: First letter of your given name
- cruise: To easily achieve
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
- faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
- franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
- adapt: To change something for a different function
- require: To demand that someone does something
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- switch: A change or shift from one method to another
- generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
- fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- futuristic: Concerning futurism
- velocity: Speed in a given direction
- revolutionize: To completely change so that it is much better
- gadget: Interesting or unusual tool with a practical use
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- public: Owned by the government
- zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
- worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
- prototype: A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
- anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- part: Division of a book
- annoy: To make someone angry
- barn: Building on a farm where animals or crops are kept
- pedal: Lever worked by the foot, e.g. the brakes of a car
- transit: System of transportation, often in a city
- marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- pod: Seed container that grows on plants
- setup: Way something is organized or arranged
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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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