Vocabulary
- warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
- cool down: To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
- at least: As a minimum
- go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
- in a row: One after another without a break.
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
- run a mile: To avoid someone or something completely.
- cut down: To reduce your use of something
- incorporate into: To include something as part of a larger thing.
- run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
- minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
- long: Person's name
- warm: To become more friendly or to like something
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- finish: To use or consume all of something
- slow: Lacking activity, busyness or excitement
- talk: Style of speaking
- quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
- up: To act suddenly and unexpectedly
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
- rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
- call: A order or request for action
- repeat: Action that is done again
- runner: Person whose job it is to deliver messages
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
- fourth: 4th
- comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
- strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
- mile: Unit of distance; 1.6 kilometers
- workout: Energetic exercise
- distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
- interval: Distance in pitch between two notes
- typical: Normal; usual; expected
- training: To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
- period: Set amount of time during which events take place
- regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
- speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
- amount: Quantity of something
- progressively: In a progressive manner
- recover: To return to a prior normal condition
- row: To move a boat using oars
- typically: In a normal or usual way
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
- marathon: Lasting for a long time
- progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
- strength: Condition of being strong
- incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
- tempo: Speed or pace of something
- endurance: Quality of lasting or of being permanent
- sprint: To race or move at full speed
- multiple: Having or involving more than one 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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Running Workouts - Five Great Workout Ideas for Distance Runners
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sheng-de posted on 2013/10/08Ready to boost your running game? Coach Steve breaks down five awesome workout ideas, from Fartlek to tempo runs, that will help you go the distance! You'll pick up tons of useful running vocabulary and learn simple sentence structures perfect for beginners.
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