Vocabulary
- next to: Being located along side another
- on the market: Available for sale.
- home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
- no go: A failure; something that does not proceed as planned.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
- get along: To have a friendly relationship with someone; like
- in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
- at sea
- happen by: To visit a place casually or unexpectedly.
- save for: To keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future.
- million dollar: Extremely valuable or impressive; very expensive.
- like new: In very good, almost perfect condition as if unused.
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- pass down: To give something to someone younger than you in your family, often after you die.
- in charge: To be responsible for
- ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
- inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
- alternative: Something different you can choose
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
- poverty: State of being poor
- chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
- measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
- divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
- automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
- shrink: To become smaller
- flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
- proximity: State of being near or close to something
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
- diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
- primary: Most important, most basic or essential
- purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
- asset: Thing that has value to you
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
- couple: To join something to something else
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- ideology: Ideas or beliefs which form theory and policy
- violence: Strong physical force of nature
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
- decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
- integration: Act of bringing things together into a whole
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- ethnicity: Ethnic group; shared origins or culture
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- lease: Contract renting land, buildings, etc. to another
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- expiration: Coming to an end of a period, validity
- cemetery: Place where people are buried after they die
- quota: Specific number you must make or are allowed
- serial: Story that is told is several parts on TV or radio
- segregation: Forced separation of people by race, color etc.
- reset: To return to the original start or formation
- fanfare: Music played to announce a special person or event
- overcrowd: To have too many people or things in
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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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