Vocabulary
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- have to: Must do
- for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
- think back: To recapture the past
- weed out: To remove or get rid of people or things that are not wanted
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- in school: Attending an educational institution.
- work out
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- in addition to: Besides; as well as
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
- in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
- incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
- incredible: Very good; amazing
- mindset: Way someone things about something
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
- opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
- slightly: Only a little
- demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- accomplishment: Something you succeed in after hard work
- couple: To join something to something else
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
- competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
- honor: To fulfill an agreement
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- participate: To take part with others in doing something
- leave: To go away from; depart
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- important: Having power or authority
- starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- embark: To begin a journey; get on a ship or plane
- lab: Short for 'laboratory'
- semiconductor: Silicon chip used in computers
- freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college
- phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy
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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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