Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- on time
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- back up: To save a copy of your computer data
- sit down: To take a seat
- have to: Must do
- together with: In addition to; along with.
- get back to: To get in contact with someone again
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
- thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
- turn on
- intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
- campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- click: To work well with someone or something
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
- mitigate: To make less severe or serious
- mandate: To order that something is done
- normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- informal: Casual; relaxed
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
- formulate: To make and develop a set of rules or ideas
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- optimize: To make as effective as possible
- accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
- basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
- requirement: A demand that someone does something
- rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
- attend: To take care of someone in need
- summary: Brief, complete and accurate
- marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- ascertain: To try to work out or establish facts
- visa: Authorization to enter a foreign country
- homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
- bravo: Shouted to express approval, e.g. of a performance
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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
A2 Elementary
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