Vocabulary
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
- take on: To acquire a new characteristic
- start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
- first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- go beyond: To do more than planned or expected; exceed
- print out: To produce a paper copy of a document from a computer.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- search for: To try to find someone or something.
- page: Person's name
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- important: Having power or authority
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
- computer: Machine for storing data, accessing the internet
- small: Little in size; not big
- class: To place things into groups by common qualities
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- ask: To say to someone that you want something
- go: To attend or be at a place
- to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
- web: Skin between ducks' toes that enables them to swim
- engine: Machine that changes energy into mechanical motion
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
- follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
- goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
- text: To send a message by phone or other device
- list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
- pointer: Suggestion or piece of advice
- building: To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
- print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
- site: Place that is reserved for a particular activity
- wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
- science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
- main: Most important; most often used
- unit: One apartment in a building
- search: To examine a person's clothing to find something
- link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
- appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- frequently: Often; regularly
- vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- collection: Act of asking for money for a debt or a charity
- solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- bunch: A group of things of the same kind
- powerful: Having control or influence over
- browser: Software that lets you search for information
- extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
- seed: A person's children; offspring
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
- programming: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- functional: Useful; not just for decoration
- respond: To answer something or someone
- code: To express information in a series of numbers
- necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
- eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
- rank: To rate or class things
- corpus: Large collection of written and spoken language
- keyword: Significant or descriptive word used in searches
- underscore: To highlight or stress
- unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
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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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