Vocabulary
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- at least: As a minimum
- seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
- due to: Because of; owing to
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- reward: To give something because of someone's good work
- cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
- obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
- adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
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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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