Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- go away: To go on vacation
- stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
- look on the bright side: Try to find the positive aspect in a bad situation.
- mind over matter: The power of the mind to control or influence physical events or conditions.
- in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
- rule of thumb: A practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something.
- for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
- kick ass: To decisively defeat someone
- try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
- awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
- obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
- mental: Concerning the mind
- instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- positive: Showing agreement or support for something
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- immediately: Without any delay; straight away
- necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
- therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
- compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
- general: Widespread, normal or usual
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
- guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
- overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- affect: To cause a change in something else
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
- reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- chance: The way something happens without planning
- important: Having power or authority
- depressed: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
- audible: Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard
- conundrum: A problem that is puzzling
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- person: Man, woman or child
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
- supportive: Providing help and support to someone or something
- trilogy: Series of three connected works
- healing: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- sponsoring: To support the passage of a new law
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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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