Vocabulary
- as well as: Also; in addition to
- check out
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- emerged as: To become known or apparent; to come forth as.
- in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
- at its peak: At the highest point of achievement, intensity, or development.
- number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
- paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
- break out
- massive: Very big; large; too big
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
- period: Set amount of time during which events take place
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- whopping: (Informal) huge; very big
- feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
- remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
- numerous: Existing in large numbers
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
- section: A part of a whole
- generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
- launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
- retail: Business of selling products to the public
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
- trend: Current style or fashion
- peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
- hype: Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
- promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
- annual: Happening once a year, or every year
- combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
- increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
- commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
- rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- propel: To push, or make move in a certain direction
- partially: In part; in some degree; not wholly
- event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
- campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- own: To have something as your property
- rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
- discriminate: To distinguish the differences between things
- frenzy: State of uncontrollable, often crazy, behavior
- include: To make someone, something part of a group
- mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- cyber: Concerning the internet
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
- catapult: Weapon that projects rocks from an elastic strap
- countdown: Counting backward to zero to show the time left
- midnight: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
- online: Connected to the internet
- southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
- ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
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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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