Vocabulary
- care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- take on: To acquire a new characteristic
- all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
- symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
- in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
- pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
- eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
- tend: To move or act in a certain manner
- completely: In every way or as much as possible
- obnoxious: Annoying or rude; offensive
- demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
- industry: Hard work; being busy working
- essence: Most important part or quality of something
- dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- regulate: To control something with rules or laws
- value: Importance you attach to something
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
- urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
- vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
- viable: Being capable of living, growing, and developing
- scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
- leave: To go away from; depart
- carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
- technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- hop: Dance party
- public: Owned by the government
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
- choke: To cause someone not to breathe
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
- litter: All the baby animals born at once from one mother
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- virtuous: Having moral goodness
- symbol: Image that means or represents something
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- wary: Concerned about danger; cautious; circumspect
- permit: To allow something to happen; to give permission
- traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
- invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
- trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
- growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
- enable: To make it possible to do something
- indignant: Annoyed because of something you feel is unfair
- share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
- cap: Covering for the end or top of something
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- electric: Creating a feeling of excitement
- popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- cycle: Series of regular and repeated actions
- broaden: To make something wider
- menace: Something that threatens or is dangerous
- scooter: Light motorcycle, usually with small wheels
- lime: White containing calcium used in farming
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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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