Vocabulary
- abandonment issues: Psychological distress related to fear of being abandoned by significant others.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- have to: Must do
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
- traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
- intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
- rage: Strong or violent anger
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
- external: Concerning foreign countries
- plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
- register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
- embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
- absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
- internal: Being or happening in the body
- request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
- leave: To go away from; depart
- favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- insecurity: Lack of confidence or certainty about yourself
- compact: Small case with face powder and a mirror
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
- vintage: Old and somewhat treasured
- emotionally: In a way that shows your feelings
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
- critic: Person who judges (e.g. art) and gives opinions
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
- perfect: So good it cannot be improved
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- deep: Complex and important
- complementary: Working well together; completing something
- jealousy: Unhappy feeling of wanting what someone else has
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- gasp: To take a short quick breath because of surprise
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
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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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