Vocabulary
- future self: The person you will become in the future, often used in the context of making decisions that will benefit your future well-being.
- grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
- make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
- tune out: To stop paying attention to something; ignore
- take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
- stay afloat: To have enough money to pay what you owe; to survive financially.
- in arrears: Being behind in paying bills, e.g. rent
- used up: To use all of; consume
- ask for help: To request assistance or support.
- on to: Toward something; forward
- in a flash: Extremely quickly; instantaneously.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- in the moment: At the present time; now.
- consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- live: To be alive
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
- bad: Not good; wrong
- wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
- pay: To give money for goods or work done
- big: Popular
- money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
- save: To make your computer keep a file
- buy: To believe something; accept
- rich: Having a lot of money or valuable possessions
- realise: To become aware of or understand mentally
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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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