Vocabulary
- stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
- get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
- critical to: Extremely important or essential.
- in school: Attending an educational institution.
- write down: To record in writing
- on time
- in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
- once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
- on end: Continuously; without stopping.
- burn out: To overwork to mental or physical exhaustion
- study for: To prepare for an examination or test by learning and revising the subject matter.
- test out: To try something (such as a new product) to see whether it works properly or is appealing
- out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- feel stuck: To feel unable to progress or change a situation, often leading to frustration or helplessness.
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- take some time: To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- check out
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
- mental: Concerning the mind
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- critical: Making a negative judgment of something
- material: Cloth; fabric
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
- crave: To have a very strong desire for something
- pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
- consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
- drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
- separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
- deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
- optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
- organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
- buddy: Friend, usually male
- junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
- pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- hydrate: To give or add water to something or someone
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- nutritious: Providing nourishment; good to include in the diet
- regain: To get something back that had been lost
- continuously: Without stops, breaks, or an end
- foggy: With cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
- suicidal: Feeling you may kill yourself; depressed
- depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
- planner: Notebook for recording appointments/things to do
- breather: Short rest after activity
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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
A2 Elementary
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