Vocabulary
- over time: Gradually; as time passes.
- on a daily basis: Happening every day.
- contrary to: In opposition to; against.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- connected with: Related to; associated with.
- on to: Toward something; forward
- on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- such as: For example; like
- make time for: To schedule time for a specific activity or person.
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
- in the zone: Experiencing a state of heightened focus and performance.
- in times: During periods or moments of.
- count on: To depend on someone
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
- commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
- resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- destination: The place you are traveling to
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
- gratitude: Warm friendly feelings of thanks
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- resentment: Feeling of anger because of unfair treatment
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
- prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
- moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
- cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- adversity: Bad or difficult situation or times; trouble
- engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
- optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
- intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- charity: Kindness and willingness to forgive, help
- linger: To take your time doing something; hang around
- dwell: To live in a certain place
- mindfulness: Paying attention to your responsibilities
- grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
- academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
- click: To work well with someone or something
- interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
- guilt: Shame at doing something bad or wrong
- satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
- regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
- depressed: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
- memorize: To study something so that you remember it
- genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
- correlate: To have/show the relationship between two things
- person: Man, woman or child
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
- generosity: Giving or sharing things freely with others
- donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
- immunity: State of not being able to catch a disease
- meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
- wellbeing: State of being happy, healthy or prosperous
- relive: To remember a past time or event
- whiteboard: A white board in a classroom on which you write
- hunky: Having a well-developed physique
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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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