Vocabulary
- essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
- conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- mental: Concerning the mind
- commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
- cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
- brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
- reward: To give something because of someone's good work
- obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
- psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
- intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
- prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
- tiny: Very, very small
- decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- accomplishment: Something you succeed in after hard work
- essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- neuroscientist: Neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- pact: Agreement between people or countries
- calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
- checklist: List of tasks and things to be checked
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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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