Vocabulary
- shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
- seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- website: Collection of webpages in one location
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- need: To be unable to manage without something; require
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- person: Man, woman or child
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- earning: To deserve something because you worked for it
- department: Division of a larger part or organization
- software: Computer applications and systems
- shut: To stop being open for business
- immediately: Without any delay; straight away
- online: Connected to the internet
- building: To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
- quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- ad: Public notice or advertisement
- advertiser: Someone whose business is advertising
- flag: To indicate something should get special attention
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- report: Account of the necessary facts and information
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- user: Person that uses a service/thing, e.g. a website
- defense: Argument in support of something
- review: To carefully look at the quality of something
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
- decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
- trust: To expect confidently
- content: Being happy or satisfied
- policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
- ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
- committed: To do something bad, usually a crime
- submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
- suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
- monitoring: To observe and keep a record of something
- harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
- threat: Warning of probable trouble
- respond: To answer something or someone
- complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
- detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
- vested: Fixed and absolute and without conditions
- scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
- invaluable: Priceless; cannot be assessed in money
- dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
- malicious: Intending to harm or hurt someone
- violate: To abuse, damage or disrespect
- engineering: The practical application of science to industry
- intrusive: Appearing or getting involved where not wanted
- scam: A trick to fool other people to get their money
- automate: To make automatic by using machines
- automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
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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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