Vocabulary
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
- look back: To think about past events
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
- for fear of: Because of anxiety or apprehension that something undesirable might happen.
- ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
- any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
- look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
- heart race: A rapid heartbeat, often due to excitement, anxiety, or physical exertion.
- engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
- through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
- shoot through: To leave abruptly or escape quickly.
- reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
- whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
- tease out: To extract or obtain something with persistent effort, especially information.
- engage with it: To interact with something or someone in a meaningful way.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- followed through: To fulfill a promise
- set up
- pop up: To appear suddenly.
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
- guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
- passionate: Being easily excited to strong emotions
- anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
- enthusiasm: Hobby or interest that you are passionate about
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
- interact: To talk or do things with each other
- track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
- accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
- impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
- interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
- judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
- incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
- huge: Very very large
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
- core: To take out the central section of a fruit
- charismatic: Able to attract and make them like you
- identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
- tease: To purposefully bother an animal
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- participate: To take part with others in doing something
- smash: Accident involving vehicles
- viable: Being capable of living, growing, and developing
- legitimately: In a lawfully recognized manner
- charisma: Special quality of a person that charms/attracts
- important: Having power or authority
- piece: A counter in a board game
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- hyper: Very excited or active
- hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- alternate: To follow one thing after another repeatedly
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- tremendously: Very well or very impressively
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
- muster: To gather or call together (soldiers, etc.)
- judgmental: Depending on judgment
- backlog: Amount of unfinished work or unfilled orders
- commercially: In a business-like manner
- actionable: Something you can act on
- skydive: A jump from a plane with a parachute for sport
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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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