Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
- of late: Recently; lately.
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- back in the day: In the past; in former times.
- allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
- spend more time: To dedicate a greater amount of time to a particular activity or person.
- way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
- in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
- day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
- bad: Not good; wrong
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- forget: To not remember something
- year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- road: Long piece of hard land for cars to travel on
- important: Having power or authority
- live: To be alive
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- good: Proper, appropriate or right
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- concert: Musical entertainment performed in public
- memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- trip: To release an electrical switch
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- turn: To become (a particular age)
- dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
- artist: A person skilled and creative in art e.g. painter
- bridge: Structure built over river, road so you can cross
- couple: To join something to something else
- creative: Having the ability to make something new
- narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
- visualization: Act of creating an image in your mind
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
- advertising: To show how good a product is, to make people buy
- gap: Distance between two objects
- rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
- stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
- visual: Of or relating to vision
- neat: That you approve of; cool
- bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
- extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
- capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
- disturb: To cause someone anxiety or fear
- outstanding: Being better/distinct from others; specially good
- continuous: Happening, existing, or performed without stops
- tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
- instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
- inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- compile: To put programming data into a computer
- perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
- drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
- recollection: A past occurrence that is remembered
- interpretation: Explanation of the meaning of something
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- intestine: Long tube in the body for digesting food
- strangle: To kill by squeezing the throat, e.g. with a rope
- blur: To make something unclear or out of focus
- blending: To combine different elements or substances
- admittedly: Used to show (slight or unwilling) agreement
- snippet: A small piece, as of information
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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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