Vocabulary
- in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
- come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
- rather than: More exactly; more correctly
- back up: To save a copy of your computer data
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- foot up: To add numbers to find a total sum.
- leg up: Assistance given to someone by lifting or pushing them up.
- back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
- same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
- think up: To think of an idea or an excuse
- outer edge: The external boundary or periphery of something.
- at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
- come up: To come closer to someone; approach
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- upper body: The part of the body above the waist, including the chest, back, shoulders, and arms.
- take a rest: To stop working or doing an activity for a period of time in order to relax and recover strength.
- fire in the belly: Strong determination and passion to achieve something.
- rock on: An expression of encouragement or approval, especially in the context of music or performance.
- opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
- move into: To start living in a new house or building
- breathe in: To inhale; to take air into the lungs.
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
- happen on: To find or discover by accident.
- settle in: To become comfortable in a new place or situation.
- hanging out: To spend time with your friends
- have to: Must do
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- want in: To desire to participate or be included in something.
- drop into: To visit someone or some place casually and often briefly.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- hang with: To spend time with someone.
- down with: Suffering from an illness.
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- roll it: To prepare a marijuana cigarette.
- wake up: To stop sleeping
- light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
- in the moment: At the present time; now.
- to the bones: Extremely; deeply, especially relating to feeling cold or frightened.
- drawing in: To attract or entice someone or something.
- between the ears: Refers to the brain or intellectual ability.
- lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
- by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
- on the mat: Located on the wrestling mat; in a wrestling match.
- come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
- shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
- lower half: The bottom part of something, especially when divided horizontally.
- in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
- finish with: To end a relationship
- at a time: Separately; one by one
- build up: To increase the amount; collect something
- fall under: To be included in or classified as part of a specific category or jurisdiction.
- miss out: To exclude; not include in something
- stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
- slightly: Only a little
- hurdle: Small fence a person or horse jumps over in a race
- shift: To change in position or direction
- awareness: Having knowledge of something
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
- core: To take out the central section of a fruit
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
- drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
- scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
- posture: Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
- couple: To join something to something else
- lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
- transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
- inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
- internal: Being or happening in the body
- spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
- crunch: To crush something into pieces
- exhale: To breathe out the air or smoke in your lungs
- gaze: Direction you are looking
- loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
- twist: To turn something in a circular direction
- tuck: To put something into a small or safe place
- sole: The part of your foot which touches the ground
- flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
- leave: To go away from; depart
- thigh: Upper part of a bird's leg, e.g. eaten as food
- peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
- hip: The upper part of Leg
- chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- deep: Complex and important
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- find: To become aware of something that is happening
- front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
- heel: Back or end part of something
- pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
- elbow: Middle part of the arm, which bends
- wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
- flex: To move a part of the body to stretch muscles
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- crown: To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
- side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
- downward: Moving from a higher to a lower condition/place
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
- bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
- crease: Mark caused in paper or cloth when it is folded
- plank: Long, thick board used when building something
- pelvis: Bone joining the hip to Back and legs
- yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
- lunge: To thrust or reach forward with a sudden motion
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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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