Vocabulary
- in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
- in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
- of ours: Belonging to us; associated with us.
- in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
- in particular: Specifically; especially.
- feed on: To eat a particular food.
- on the market: Available for sale.
- going on: To continue doing something
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- lead to: To result in some action
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- along with: In addition to; together with.
- know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
- no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
- susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
- disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
- native: Someone from or born in a specific country
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- evolve: To develop certain features
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- general: Widespread, normal or usual
- variety: Particular type of thing or person
- environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
- contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
- decline: To bend towards the ground
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- correlation: The relationship between two variables
- commercial: Radio or television advertisement
- suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
- detrimental: Harmful
- collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
- benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
- factor: Something that influences a result
- plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
- fabulous: Almost impossible to believe, incredible
- provide: To make available; to supply for use
- incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
- independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
- resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
- fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
- nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
- expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
- mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
- habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
- colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
- manual: Done by hand (not machine)
- livestock: Any animals kept for use or profit
- invasive: Entering the body, etc. in a destructive way
- beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
- parasite: Small animal or plant living off a bigger one
- reproduce: To make a copy of something
- afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
- pesticide: A chemical substance used to kill pests
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
- immature: Behaving like a child, especially emotionally
- disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
- pest: Person, often a small child, who bothers people
- multitude: Large number of people or things; crowd
- inspection: Official examination to make sure everything is ok
- widely: To a large degree; over a large range
- bloom: To flower; to produce flowers
- pollen: Fine, usually yellow powder produced by plants
- nutritious: Providing nourishment; good to include in the diet
- nectar: Sweet liquid found in plants
- hive: Place that has a lot of activity in it
- spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
- live: To be alive
- dead: Not alive
- feral: Wild; behaving like a wild animal
- pollinate: (Of bees) to put pollen on plant so it makes seed
- mite: A very small child
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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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