Vocabulary
- record label: A company that records and distributes music.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- have to: Must do
- by the same token: For the same reason or based on the same logic.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- red hot: Extremely hot; heated to a point of glowing red.
- as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
- phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
- technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
- embrace: Act of holding someone closely
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- decade: Period of 10 years
- exist: To be present, alive or real
- crowd: To force too many things, people into
- appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
- adapt: To change something for a different function
- diminish: To make something smaller or less important
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
- steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
- beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
- argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
- role: Character played by an actor
- record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
- entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- energy: Physical or mental strength
- pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
- label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
- button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- intangible: (Of goods) not physical and unable to be touched
- basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- manifestation: Clear sign or evidence something exists
- differentiate: To see or show how things are not the same
- categorize: To distribute into classes or the same type
- token: Flat, round piece of material used e.g. as coins
- undeniable: Certainly true; impossible to prove false
- chili: Hot-tasting spice used in curry, etc.
- craftsmanship: Skill of making things in the manual arts
- polished: To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
- pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
- sonic: Concerning sound, its waves, and speed
- tempo: Speed or pace of something
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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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