Vocabulary
- pay back: To return money or a favor
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- have to: Must do
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- melt down: To heat a solid material, especially metal, until it becomes liquid.
- in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- credit rating: An evaluation of the credit risk of a prospective debtor, predicting their ability to pay back the debt, and an implicit forecast of the likelihood of the debtor defaulting.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
- pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
- at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
- down with: Suffering from an illness.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- such as: For example; like
- take with: To bring something or someone along when you go somewhere.
- paying off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
- jump on: To criticize someone suddenly and strongly.
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
- crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
- consider: To think carefully about something
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
- deteriorate: To become worse in condition or value
- financial: Involving money
- debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
- currency: Widespread acceptance
- tiny: Very, very small
- federal: Consisting of several united states
- huge: Very very large
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- couple: To join something to something else
- insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
- invest: To use resources to build for the future
- economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- trajectory: The path followed by a flying object
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- insanely: In an insane manner
- point: An item to be discussed
- bail: Money given to ensure prisoner returns to a court
- speculative: Not based on sure knowledge; based on intuition
- healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
- gambling: Act of betting money on events
- personalize: To make personal or more personal
- downgrade: To rate lower; to lower in value or esteem
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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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