Vocabulary
- knock out: To hit and make unconscious
- in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
- have to: Must do
- in the zone: Experiencing a state of heightened focus and performance.
- get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- time out: A brief suspension of activity; a pause.
- work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
- in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
- rattle off: To say something quickly and without much thought or hesitation.
- go in with: To join with others in a business venture or undertaking.
- on the radar: Being noticed or tracked; within someone's awareness or attention.
- turn in: To produce or achieve a good performance
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- not necessary: Not required; not needed.
- plug away: To work persistently at something, even when it is difficult.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- work out
- cross it: To cancel or eliminate something from a list or plan.
- check out
- push through: To continue with a plan or activity despite difficulties or opposition.
- follow through: To fulfill a promise
- through with: Having had enough (of trouble); wanting to stop
- in itself: Considered alone or without reference to anything else; intrinsically.
- in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
- on time
- dip into: To spend part of some money which you have been saving.
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- count on: To depend on someone
- fall under: To be included in or classified as part of a specific category or jurisdiction.
- at hand: Close by; readily available.
- set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
- bring out: To formally introduce a girl/ woman to society
- cross out: To put a line through writing to show it is wrong
- at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
- write down: To record in writing
- at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
- prioritize: To rank things in importance
- appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
- structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
- dread: To await with great fear
- procrastination: Act of putting off something you ought to do
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- overwhelm: To defeat something or someone completely
- commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
- dump: To end a romantic relationship
- function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
- accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
- strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
- task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
- drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- section: A part of a whole
- advance: Forward movement by an army
- extra: More than necessary; additional
- productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
- laundry: Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
- privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
- mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
- dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
- rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
- organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
- reliable: Being likely to be true; believable
- scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
- emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
- breeze: To act in a confident way; walk, enter confidently
- unpleasant: Causing a bad feeling in people
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- person: Man, woman or child
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- categorize: To distribute into classes or the same type
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
- flake: Thin and very small piece of something
- downhill: From higher ground to lower ground
- radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
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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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