Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
- to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
- reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
- going on: To continue doing something
- work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
- at work: Located at one's place of employment
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- go on: To continue doing something
- tie into: To connect or relate something to a larger subject or system.
- such as: For example; like
- factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
- show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- in actuality: In fact; in reality; actually.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- in future: At a time yet to come; from now onwards.
- walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- read through: To read something from beginning to end, often to find mistakes or check details.
- fill out: To become fatter
- work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
- thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
- stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
- authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
- articulate: To express something clearly using language
- struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
- mindset: Way someone things about something
- recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
- genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
- career: Particular occupation in professional life
- express: To send something by fast mail
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
- awareness: Having knowledge of something
- presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
- ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
- expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
- effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
- numerous: Existing in large numbers
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
- diminish: To make something smaller or less important
- competent: Fully qualified or capable of doing
- criticize: To assess the work of others
- haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- antidote: A drug, which limits the effects of a poison
- point: An item to be discussed
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- gibberish: Unintelligible talking
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- applicable: Being appropriate to or suitable for something
- workplace: Place where work is done
- shaky: Tending to shake, as from weakness or defect
- robotic: Concerning mechanical robots
- strategist: Expert in strategy (especially in warfare)
- actuality: The state of existing and being real
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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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