Vocabulary
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
- absolutely: Completely; totally; very
- essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- critical: Making a negative judgment of something
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
- quality: Feature associated with someone or something
- interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
- adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- blow: To move something using air
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
- equation: Mathematical statement showing things to be equal
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- quantity: A large amount of something
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- spatula: Hand tool used to mix or spread soft substances
- datum: Item of factual information
- goo: Any thick sticky unpleasant substance
- bum: (Slang) the part of the body on which you sit
- zoom: Camera lens used to magnify images
- pediatric: Concerning the medical care of children
- adaptable: Having the ability to change to new conditions
- connectivity: Degree to which computer system has connections
- iterative: Marked by iteration; repeating
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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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Language Development, Learning, and Play in Early Childhood with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD
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