Vocabulary
- in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
- by definition: Inherently; as an essential quality or characteristic.
- in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
- calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
- slow down: To reduce the speed
- bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- due to: Because of; owing to
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- in full force: With maximum power or intensity.
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- mess with: To interfere with or tamper with something.
- over the edge: In a state of emotional or mental breakdown; beyond the limits of what one can handle.
- roll around: For a date or time to arrive.
- play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
- perceive: To notice or become aware of something
- immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
- recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
- encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
- hygiene: Cleanliness; being clean
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
- interact: To talk or do things with each other
- mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
- barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
- protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
- initial: First letter of your given name
- definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
- lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- component: One of the parts that something is made up of
- prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
- hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
- genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
- response: Something said/written as an answer to something
- distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
- edge: An advantage you have over others
- inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
- allergic: Of or having a reaction to an allergy
- clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
- deem: To judge something to be a certain thing, way
- asthma: Lung illness causing difficulty in breathing
- allergy: Sensitivity to foods, etc. causing a bad reaction
- tolerance: Ability to adjust to changes, your environment etc.
- invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
- problematic: Being difficult to deal with or fix
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- wheat: A kind of grain that is used to make flour
- germ: Tiny organism that can cause sickness and disease
- benign: (Of cancer) not harmful or too serious
- shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
- lactose: Sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
- skewed: Not accurate or correct; biased
- breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
- university: High-level educational institution; college
- peanut: Edible small nut which grows under the ground
- minuscule: Very, very small
- knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
- fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
- dysfunction: Failure to act as expected, as in a social context
- dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
- parasitic: Living on larger plant/animal and dependent on it
- eczema: Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- shellfish: Sea animals such as shrimps, lobsters, clams etc.
- soy: Food substance made from soya beans
- call: A order or request for action
- hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- mast: Tall upright post supporting the sails of a boat
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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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