Vocabulary
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- such as: For example; like
- phone number: A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
- curl up: To lie or sit with your legs bent close to your body.
- separation anxiety: Distress caused by being separated from a person or place of emotional significance.
- sniff out: To discover something by using your nose; to detect or find something.
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- care for: To want or desire a thing
- man's best friend: A dog, considered faithful and loyal to humans.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
- debate: General public discussion of a topic
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- presence: The same place or area that a person is
- cuddle: To hold in your arms to show love or care for
- intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- interpret: To express so that others understand it
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
- fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
- sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
- volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
- breed: Kind of / sort of
- intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
- capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- scent: To become aware of the presence of a smell, etc.
- urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
- organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
- sniff: To detect something, e.g. a potential problem
- route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- leave: To go away from; depart
- activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
- fold: To bend one part of something against another
- notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
- spatial: About space
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- abdomen: The part of the body where the stomach is
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
- prostate: Male gland important in the creation of semen
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- whine: To complain in an annoying crying voice
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- human: A person; a man, woman or child
- believe: To think or accept that something is true
- hormonal: Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
- domesticate: To train an animal as a pet or to do work; tame
- tinder: Material for starting a fire
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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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