Vocabulary
- in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- fever dream: A vivid and disturbing dream experienced during a fever.
- on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
- have to: Must do
- cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
- puff out: To emit smoke, air, etc. in a cloud.
- stretch out: To extend your body, especially by lying down and reaching with your arms and legs.
- rely on: To depend on someone or something
- on sight: Immediately upon seeing or detecting something.
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- bump into: To meet someone accidentally
- in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
- for sustenance: Providing the means to support life; nourishment.
- aside from
- check out
- at the moment: At this time; now
- to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- crush: Strong attraction to someone
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- surface: To give (road) a top layer
- call: A order or request for action
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- long: Person's name
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- bottom: The part of your body you sit on
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- deep: Complex and important
- prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
- depth: Distance below a surface
- nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
- sustenance: What sustains life, especially food
- mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
- abundance: Quantity that is very large or more than enough
- zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
- organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
- glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
- lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
- floor: Large area used for a particular purpose
- cluster: To come together in a group, flock etc.
- ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
- squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
- scarcity: Very small or limited amount of something
- gooey: Soft and sticky
- cartilage: Strong flexible tissue connecting bones, joints
- blob: Object that does not have a regular shape
- sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
- trench: Long narrow hole dug in the ground
- aka: AKA is an acronym for Also Known as
- moon: To expose your buttocks as a joke
- ambush: Act of lying in wait to attack by surprise
- spawn: Product or result of something
- compress: To press tightly together
- abyss: Very deep hole, as in the ground; bottomless pit
- fish: Animal that swims and lives in water
- distort: To change the shape, appearance, or sound
- kilometer: A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters
- pineapple: A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
- unlock: To use a key or code to open something
- jellyfish: Soft-bodied sea animal, as with stinging tentacles
- eel: Long thin fish that looks like a snake
- watery: Having a lot (maybe too much) water
- elongate: To make something longer; to extend something
- tripod: Support with three legs for camera, telescope, etc.
- oceanic: Concerning the ocean
- unsaturated: (Of liquids) able to absorb more
- ghostly: Of or like ghosts or spirits
- seafloor: Bottom of the sea
- workable: (Plan or system) that can be used; practical
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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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