Vocabulary
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
- set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
- hot air: Meaningless or exaggerated talk; empty rhetoric.
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- have to: Must do
- draw in: To attract or entice someone or something.
- in particular: Specifically; especially.
- get excited: To become enthusiastic or eager.
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
- shift: To change in position or direction
- establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
- awareness: Having knowledge of something
- absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
- inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
- passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
- manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
- humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
- capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- equal: Same in shape, size, or number
- exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
- ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
- meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
- empower: To give someone a power or ability
- ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
- academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
- flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
- utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
- science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
- important: Having power or authority
- interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- sustainability: Property of being able to be continued/repeated
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- conservation: Protecting the environment or a species
- minimize: To make something seem small or less important
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- circulate: To go round continuously
- insulation: Material that is used to prevent heat, etc. passing
- acre: An area of land 64m by 64m (4046.8 sq. m....)
- aquarium: Building or tank for keeping fish and water plants
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- perimeter: Outline or border; outer edge
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
- live: To be alive
- renovation: Act of repairing or rebuilding a house, room, etc.
- dome: Rounded roof or ceiling shaped like half a ball
- makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
- underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
- pope: Bishop of Rome and the head of the Catholic Church
- runoff: A second election to find a winner
- rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
- certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
- reconstruction: Process of rebuilding or improving structures
- piazza: Public square for pedestrians In Europe
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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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