Vocabulary
- feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- make up: To invent or create a story
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- no questions asked: Without asking for explanations or reasons.
- have a heart: Show mercy or compassion to someone.
- break it down: To simplify something complex into smaller, more manageable parts.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- mindset: Way someone things about something
- genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
- recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
- progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
- environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
- guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
- consistency: Quality of behaving or meaning the same
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- require: To demand that someone does something
- chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
- organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
- subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
- actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- invisible: Being unable to be seen
- obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
- trajectory: The path followed by a flying object
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- marathon: Lasting for a long time
- personalize: To make personal or more personal
- restart: To begin working again after it has stopped
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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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