Vocabulary
- also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
- once a month: Happening or appearing one time in each month.
- on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
- on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
- check out
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- period: Set amount of time during which events take place
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- amount: Quantity of something
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
- fertility: The state of a female being able to produce young
- research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
- explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
- estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
- disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
- superficial: On the surface only; not deep
- organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
- option: A choice
- surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
- urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
- tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
- detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- conceive: To become pregnant
- diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
- visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
- button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
- arthritis: Diseases of the joints often with painful swelling
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
- healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
- globally: Throughout the world
- upload: To transfer a file or data to the internet
- unreliable: Not able to be trusted or believed
- coil: Wire wound into circles to carry electricity
- appendix: Additional information at the end of a document
- ultrasound: Use of sound waves to therapy or diagnostics
- keyhole: Hole where a key is inserted to unlock a door, etc.
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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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