Vocabulary
- result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
- rely on: To depend on someone or something
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- reveal: To show something that was hidden before
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
- conference: Series of lectures held as an event
- urge: A strong desire for something
- call: A order or request for action
- journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
- firm: Company that sells goods or services
- corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- impair: To damage or weaken something
- rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
- rumor: To gossip; to tell a story about other people
- management: People who are in control of a business or group
- collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
- report: Account of the necessary facts and information
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- item: Single, brief piece of news or reporting
- corporation: Big company or a combination of several companies
- pivotal: Having a lot of importance
- broadcast: To send out signals by radio or television
- tech: Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'
- cloud: To confuse the mind/judgment of a person
- fund: To supply money for something
- sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
- market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
- hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
- portable: Light enough to be moved around with ease
- news: Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
- activist: A person who tries to change a government, society
- appliance: Device designed to perform common household tasks
- merge: To cause two or more things to combine into one
- amazon: Mainly green tropical American parrots
- web: Skin between ducks' toes that enables them to swim
- merger: Combination of two or more companies into one
- player: Machine that plays recorded material
- briefing: To give information and instructions in a meeting
- cooler: More cool than
- unified: To bring or join together into one
- disclose: To make once private information public
- October: 10th month of the year
- snowball: Ball of snow you throw at each other
- terabyte: Unit of 1024 gigabytes of information
- dell: Small wooded hollow in some land; small valley
- wifi: Electronic data transfer system
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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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raihenn posted on 2016/09/04Ever wondered what's happening in the tech world? This video dives into the potential Dell and EMC merger, plus other hot topics like Amazon Web Services and Wi-Fi calling, giving you practical workplace vocabulary. You'll pick up some advanced terms and learn about enterprise IT news that's actually happening right now!
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