Vocabulary
- shut out: To prevent from entering; keep out of relationship
- cut down: To reduce your use of something
- such as: For example; like
- read: Person's name
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- breakfast: First meal of the day
- noise: Loud sounds that cause discomfort or annoyance
- sugar: Substance which the body stores or uses for energy
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- old: Having existed for a long time, not young or new
- bed: Flat bottom surface of a lake, ocean etc.
- Internet: Worldwide computer network system
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- slow: Lacking activity, busyness or excitement
- morning: Early part of the day before 12 p.m
- early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- repeat: Action that is done again
- weekly: Happening, published, or done once a week
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- daily: Happening every day
- interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
- energy: Physical or mental strength
- concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
- regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
- diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- material: Cloth; fabric
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- unconscious: Not aware of what is going on around you
- compromise: To weaken your position or views
- capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
- supply: Availability of products and services for use
- respond: To answer something or someone
- movement: Part of a piece of classical music
- span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
- shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
- repetitive: Doing or saying the same things many times
- sharpen: To make something more pointed, e.g. a pencil
- retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
- mantra: Repeated expression, as in Hindu/Buddhist prayers
- meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
- excite: To make something or someone become more active
- commotion: Sudden noisy excitement
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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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Nuke posted on 2015/09/11Feeling like your focus is always wandering? This video dives into research-backed strategies like meditation and reducing screen time to help you boost your attention span! You'll pick up practical tips and simple sentence structures that make learning easy and immediately applicable to your daily life.
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