Vocabulary
- out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
- deal with
- work out
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- lay out: To show or explain your plans carefully
- put away: To put things in a closet, etc.; tidy up
- in good time: By the required time; with time to spare
- in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
- vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
- ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- intuitive: Able to understand by feeling rather than fact
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- assumption: Something you believe to be so, but aren't sure of
- interpret: To express so that others understand it
- decade: Period of 10 years
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- authority: The power to give orders to people
- prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- brutal: Extremely violent or mean
- function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
- suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
- odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
- vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
- immense: Very great in size or amount
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
- guide: To help or advise someone about something
- instruction: A command for someone formally to do something
- degree: Amount or extent of something
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
- wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
- proceed: To continue to do something; carry on
- revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- humiliation: Loss of self-respect or status
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- own: To have something as your property
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- person: Man, woman or child
- tidy: With things in their proper place; not messy
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
- deep: Complex and important
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
- disposition: Normal attitude or mood of someone
- childhood: The time when you are a child
- versa: used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
- resentful: Angry at unfair treatment
- unfamiliar: Unusual; strange or unknown
- outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
- calmly: Without getting emotional, e.g. in times of stress
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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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