Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
- a passion for: A strong enthusiasm or interest in something.
- slack off: To reduce the amount of effort one puts into something.
- in your dreams: Used to say something is very unlikely or impossible.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
- motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
- distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
- confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
- academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
- commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
- desire: To wish for, hope or want something
- exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
- passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
- require: To demand that someone does something
- option: A choice
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
- guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
- attitude: Way you act, think and feel about something
- deter: To stop people doing a thing; stop from happening
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
- education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
- continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
- promise: To say you will certainly do something
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
- successful: Having the desired effect or result
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- great: Very good; better than before
- slack: Condition of being looser or not tight
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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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