Vocabulary
- apart from: Except for; not considering
- at least: As a minimum
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- try for: To attempt to obtain something; to aim for.
- in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
- for instance: As an example.
- has over: To invite someone to your house.
- per year: For each year; annually.
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
- help out: To assist someone
- work around: To find a way to avoid a problem or obstacle.
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- test: To be given a medical examination
- year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- business: A company formed for making profit
- university: High-level educational institution; college
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
- nearest: Within the shortest distance; closest
- favourite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
- important: Having power or authority
- visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
- listening: To use your ears to hear and understand things
- show: To be easily seen or displayed
- exam: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
- international: Of or relating to several countries
- offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
- popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
- academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
- advanced: (Of an army) to move forward
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- examination: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
- level: Specific height of something
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
- guest: Person invited to visit or stay in someone's home
- high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
- contact: Touching or feeling something
- entry: Act of entering a room, building, party
- preparation: Cream or substance applied onto the skin
- succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
- typically: In a normal or usual way
- range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
- qualification: Official record proving a certain standard/level
- recognise: To remember because you have met it before
- realise: To become aware of or understand mentally
- arrange: To write music for a particular instrument
- employment: The state of being in work or having a job
- accommodation: Adapting to become better at handling situations
- primarily: In the most basic or important way
- apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
- score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
- length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
- official: Real, exact, truely felt
- worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
- requirement: A demand that someone does something
- representative: Typical example of a particular category
- fluent: Doing something well and with ease
- focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
- master: To gain control over something
- standard: Official unit of measuring something
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- recruitment: Act of enlisting people into the army
- proficiency: High amount of skill or ability in something
- den: Home of some types of wild animals
- como: A city in Lombardy, Italy, located at the southern tip of Lake Como.
- undergraduate: A college student studying for their first degree
- multimedia: Using a combination of sound, video, and images
- expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
- de: Of; expressing origin, possession, or separation
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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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