Vocabulary
- lead to: To result in some action
- due to: Because of; owing to
- have a heart: Show mercy or compassion to someone.
- have to: Must do
- in blood: Covered or stained with blood, literally or figuratively.
- calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
- at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
- all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- in total: Completely; with everything added together.
- deal with
- in addition to: Besides; as well as
- to death: Extremely; to a great degree
- ask for help: To request assistance or support.
- check out
- in school: Attending an educational institution.
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
- overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
- meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
- susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
- immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
- depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
- adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
- therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
- respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
- disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- premature: Happening before the natural or desired time
- vessel: Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
- reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
- association: Organization of people with the same interest
- adapt: To change something for a different function
- result: Something produced through tests or experiments
- seek: To ask someone for help
- digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
- cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
- nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
- transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
- feat: Impressive act showing courage or skill
- risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
- due: When something is required or expected
- excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
- chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
- handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
- suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
- heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
- noggin: A human head
- aggression: Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
- defense: Argument in support of something
- bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
- decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
- important: Having power or authority
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- malnutrition: Not having enough to eat, or having a poor diet
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
- trendy: In the latest style; up to the minute
- cognition: Recognition involved in thought processing
- life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- norepinephrine
- skip: Very large waste disposal bin
- bob: To move up and down repeatedly
- dropout: One quitting school before graduation
- oooh: Sound people make when they make a mistake
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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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