Vocabulary
- break apart: To separate into pieces; disintegrate.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
- off the shelf: Readily available; not custom-made.
- together with: In addition to; along with.
- chain up: To fasten or secure something with a chain.
- to date: Up to the present time; until now.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- working: To bring into a specific state of success
- bag: Soft container to put things in and carry with you
- need: To be unable to manage without something; require
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- small: Little in size; not big
- cheap: Not costing a lot of money
- desk: Piece of furniture like a table often with drawers
- cup: Small round container used for drinking
- pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
- coffee: A brown drink made from roasted beans and water
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- end: The point where a process or activity stops
- date: To have become old-fashioned
- chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
- engineer: Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- biology: The study of living things
- lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
- form: Sports team or person's current winning record
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- centimeter: One hundredth of a meter
- neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
- left: To go away from; depart
- colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- fold: To bend one part of something against another
- grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
- object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
- position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
- invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
- lighter: Device used to light a cigarette
- maximum: Largest or highest number or amount of something
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
- wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
- performance: Act of doing something
- discover: To find something new that was not known before
- motor: Concerning cars and vehicles
- joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
- flexible: Bending easily
- mechanical: Done without thought or feeling; automatic
- gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
- cooperate: To work together with, to assist someone
- portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
- input: Advice or ideas that someone provides
- requirement: A demand that someone does something
- inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
- continuous: Happening, existing, or performed without stops
- industrial: Concerning making things in factories
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
- code: To express information in a series of numbers
- protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
- simulation: A copying method to study the real world
- angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
- circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
- representation: Depicting objects, figures, or scenes as seen
- resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
- module: Part or unit with a specific job or function
- programmable: Able to be written in computer code
- exert: To make something have an effect on something else
- helix: Three-dimensional shape of a cone-like object
- handed: To give something to someone personally
- periscope: Optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field
- wrench: Tool for holding/turning objects of varying sizes
- segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
- stationary: Being still or unmoving
- par: Set number of hits to complete a hole in golf
- cubic: Measurement of the length, width, and height
- aerospace: Industry of air and space travel
- prototype: A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
- scissor: To cut with or as if with scissors
- rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
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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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