Vocabulary
- absolutely amazing: Extremely good or impressive; causing great surprise or wonder.
- by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
- in full force: With maximum power or intensity.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- in a row: One after another without a break.
- have to: Must do
- for one thing: Used to introduce a reason for something.
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- in little: To a small extent; insignificantly.
- in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
- down under: A colloquial term for Australia and New Zealand.
- breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
- taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
- eat up: To eat all of something
- back up: To save a copy of your computer data
- against the world: Feeling alone in opposition to everyone else.
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
- climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- condition: To improve something to make it better
- shrink: To become smaller
- tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
- section: A part of a whole
- layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
- planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
- widespread: Happening or existing in many places
- commute: To lessen or shorten a prison sentence
- sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
- extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
- audible: Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard
- event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
- calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
- energy: Physical or mental strength
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- damage: Physical harm that is done to something
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- coral: Color that is a combination of pink and orange
- algae: Green organisms that live in still water
- great: Very good; better than before
- bleach: Chemical that disinfects and whitens
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
- degradation: Reduction in quality or character
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- reef: Line of rocks or sand at the surface of the ocean
- overlook: To look down on; be able to see from
- global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
- publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
- seaweed: Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- death: When someone dies; the end of life
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- tourism: Visiting to new places, e.g. abroad, for vacations
- starvation: Extreme hunger; death from lack of food
- northern: In or toward the north
- obituary: Written notice or announcement of a person's death
- jellyfish: Soft-bodied sea animal, as with stinging tentacles
- carbonate: To charge a drink with carbon dioxide
- limestone: Sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium
- bleaching: To use a chemical that disinfects and whitens
- polyp: Small tube-like creature that lives in the ocean
- abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet
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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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