Vocabulary
- seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
- book on: A book about a particular subject.
- in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
- once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
- as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- dump on: To criticize or blame someone heavily or unfairly.
- of sorts: Of a kind, but not a very good one.
- secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
- whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
- deal with
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- one of those things: An unfortunate but unavoidable event.
- on the shelf: Located on a shelf.
- take on: To acquire a new characteristic
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- third one: The item that is in the third position in a sequence.
- bring to: To make someone to wake up from being unconscious
- get it up: To find energy or motivation
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- mindset: Way someone things about something
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- repetition: When something occurs again
- description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
- pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- dump: To end a romantic relationship
- academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
- productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
- myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
- outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
- huge: Very very large
- predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
- article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
- seek: To ask someone for help
- adapt: To change something for a different function
- survey: Broad view or general description of something
- adopt: To legally take a child into your family
- attitude: Way you act, think and feel about something
- evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
- accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
- comprehensive: Including most or all things
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- click: To work well with someone or something
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- leave: To go away from; depart
- channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
- uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- extensive: Large; full or complete
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
- point: An item to be discussed
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
- dispel: To make fear, an idea etc. go away
- holistic: Involving all of something
- dorm: College building with rooms that students live in
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- tackling: To start working on a difficult problem
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- insightful: Displaying clear and deep understanding
- realization: Act of noticing something not noticed before
- geek: Socially awkward person, who knows about computers
- revisit: To talk or think about something again
- annotation: Adding a note to a document; such a note
- info: Shortened form of the word 'information'
- mart: Market in which goods are sold or bought
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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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