Vocabulary
- at least: As a minimum
- being creative: The state of using imagination or original ideas to create something.
- in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
- ahead of time: Before the scheduled time; early.
- crash and burn: To fail completely and suddenly.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
- cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
- failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
- comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
- conference: Series of lectures held as an event
- reward: To give something because of someone's good work
- boost: To increase something; to make something better
- give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
- tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- respond: To answer something or someone
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
- predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
- success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- instruction: A command for someone formally to do something
- achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
- incompetent: Not having the skill or ability to do a thing well
- talk: Style of speaking
- solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
- fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
- praise: To express approval of something or someone
- divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
- book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
- intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
- doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
- reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
- bud: Small part of a plant that will be a flower
- startup: A company just starting its operations
- math: Study or science of numbers and shapes
- successfully: In a manner that achieves a goal
- monkey: An animal related to humans, which lives in trees
- potter: To spend time, e.g. gardening, without hurrying
- jobless: Not having a job
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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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