Vocabulary
- to some extent: Partially; not completely.
- in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
- as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
- stand out
- try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- at large: (of a person or animal, especially one that is dangerous) not captured; free.
- as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
- hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
- split up: To break up your marriage or relationship
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
- authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
- recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
- genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
- vital: Needed to support life; essential
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- enormous: Huge; very big; very important
- intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
- manifest: List of cargo on a ship
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
- split: No longer married or in a relationship
- purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- current: Electricity flowing through wires
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
- imperative: The state of demanding notice or attention
- firm: Company that sells goods or services
- tangible: Able to be touched or felt; real
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- spontaneously: In a sudden, unplanned way
- simply: In an easy or clear manner
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- fulfill: To finish or provide something successfully
- landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- theoretically: As regards ideas that could be true
- economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
- fantasize: To imagine an unreal situation; to dream about
- satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
- thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
- diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
- proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
- fully: Completely or entirely
- modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
- great: Very good; better than before
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- product: Item that can be bought
- deep: Complex and important
- mankind: All humans thought of as one group; humanity
- politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
- multinational: Involving many countries
- admin: Controller of a system (e.g. computers)
- dangerously: In a dangerous way; so that someone could be hurt
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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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