Vocabulary
- in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
- eye popping: To open one's eyes wide in surprise or shock.
- set up
- have to: Must do
- put aside: To save money regularly.
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
- vital: Needed to support life; essential
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
- integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
- overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
- concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
- ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
- political: Being active or interested in government matters
- capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- ambition: Desire to win or be successful in life, work
- threat: Warning of probable trouble
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
- grand: A counter for 1000 of something
- role: Character played by an actor
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
- economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
- prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
- plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
- development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- leave: To go away from; depart
- complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
- transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
- integration: Act of bringing things together into a whole
- programme: A plan or schedule of events
- zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
- government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
- pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
- circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
- legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
- drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
- great: Very good; better than before
- area: Amount of measured space
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- bureaucracy: Governing system with many rules and officials
- bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
- country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
- travel: To go to a place that is far away
- rail: To complain or object forcefully
- mainland: Main land mass of a country or continent
- engineering: The practical application of science to industry
- personalize: To make personal or more personal
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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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