Vocabulary
- breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- a few moments: A short period of time
- light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
- pick out: To choose or select one item from many
- in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
- on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
- turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- screen in: To enclose a space with a screen or mesh.
- on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
- out there: In or to a place that is far away
- in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
- on the brain: To be constantly thinking about someone or something; to be obsessed with someone or something.
- in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
- common humanity: The shared characteristics, feelings, and vulnerabilities that make us human.
- on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
- music: Sounds that are sung or played to give pleasure
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- doctor: Person paid to help people become or stay healthy
- sings: To make musical sounds with your voice
- darkest: (Of a color) not at all light; nearly black
- want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
- play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- afternoon: Time after 12:00 and before the evening meal
- hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- walk: To move with your legs at a slowish pace
- light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
- school: Large group of fish that swim together
- sing: To make musical sounds with your voice
- singing: To make musical sounds with your voice
- famous: Excellent
- violin: Wooden instrument with strings, played with a bow
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- medicine: Something used in treating illness or pain
- song: Distinctive series of sounds made by a bird
- classical: Concerning the culture of ancient Greece or Rome
- musical: Having a pleasant sound like music
- deep: Complex and important
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
- dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
- beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
- orchestra: Large group who perform instrumental music
- musician: Person who writes, sings, or plays music, as a job
- communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
- shine: To point a light in a certain direction
- speech: A formal talk to an audience
- perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
- shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
- suffered: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
- lab: Short for 'laboratory'
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- connected: To associate a thing with something else
- impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
- access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
- therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
- therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
- mental: Concerning the mind
- sob: To make gasping sounds while crying
- consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
- deeply: To a significant degree
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
- homeless: Having no home; living on the streets
- humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
- audition: To try out for a part in a play or film
- homelessness: Having no home; living on the streets
- pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
- spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
- fundamentally: In a basic and important way
- hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
- philharmonic: Devoted to or loving music
- ye: Old word for 'you' in the plural
- poignant: Having the effect of making you feel sad/moved
- symphony: Harmony of color or sound
- center: Community place people go health or social reasons
- schizophrenia: Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
- beacon: Something providing guidance or hope to people
- prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
- tack: Small, sharp nail, usually with a wide, flat head
- empathic: Showing empathy/understanding of others' states
- dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
- homologous: Similar, but with different function
- tuxedo: (Formal) jacket trousers, often worn with bow tie
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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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