Vocabulary
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- on the same page: To have a shared understanding or agreement about something.
- by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
- throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- no fear: Showing confidence or bravery; not afraid.
- study for: To prepare for an examination or test by learning and revising the subject matter.
- future self: The person you will become in the future, often used in the context of making decisions that will benefit your future well-being.
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
- progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
- scary: Causing fear; frightening
- waste: To kill or severely harm someone
- secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- important: Having power or authority
- tick: To function properly or normally
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
- load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
- growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
- happiness: State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
- mark: Person's name
- monster: Large frightening imaginary creature
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- lazy: Not liking to work or make an effort; idle
- carefully: In a manner that involves focus and care
- smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
- phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
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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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