Vocabulary
- move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- for long: For a considerable period of time.
- in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
- evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
- to the bones: Extremely; deeply, especially relating to feeling cold or frightened.
- over time: Gradually; as time passes.
- in areas: Located or occurring within specific regions or locations.
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- on the brain: To be constantly thinking about someone or something; to be obsessed with someone or something.
- have on: To be wearing something.
- sit down: To take a seat
- have to: Must do
- ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
- diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
- delicate: Easily broken or damaged
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- intuitive: Able to understand by feeling rather than fact
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- amount: Quantity of something
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
- accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
- fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
- existence: State of being present, alive or real
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
- concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
- gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- premature: Happening before the natural or desired time
- sedentary: (Of a job, life style) done while sitting
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- require: To demand that someone does something
- benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- threat: Warning of probable trouble
- counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
- temporarily: For a limited amount of time
- elastic: Able to return to original shape after stretching
- ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
- kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
- oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
- dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
- spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
- swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- enzyme: A protein made by cells
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- cartilage: Strong flexible tissue connecting bones, joints
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- stationary: Being still or unmoving
- skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
- worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- liver: Organ from animals served as food
- stand: To be a candidate in an election
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
- cavity: Hole or empty space, especially in a tooth
- agitate: To disturb or excite emotionally
- burn: To destroy with fire
- mount: To attach something to something else
- problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
- spinal: Concerning the spine or nerves in your back
- circulate: To go round continuously
- stay: To keep trying without giving up
- backbone: Strength and determination
- uneven: Being good in some parts and poor in others
- skeletal: Of the bones of the body
- stasis: When the normal flow of a liquid slows or stops
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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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