Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- bring on: To cause to appear, e.g. onto a stage
- suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
- have at: To attack someone or something.
- at least: As a minimum
- in addition to: Besides; as well as
- the following: Next in order or sequence.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
- fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- immediately: Without any delay; straight away
- disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
- severe: Very bad; harsh
- sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
- typically: In a normal or usual way
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
- correlation: The relationship between two variables
- concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- nausea: Feeling of sickness so that you feel like vomiting
- frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- occur: To come to pass or to happen
- intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
- draw: To attract attention to someone or something
- moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
- genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- result: Something produced through tests or experiments
- board: Surface for posting or showing information
- vision: Ability to see; eyesight
- hangover: Ill feeling from drinking too much alcohol
- emphasis: Special attention, importance, or force
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- visual: Of or relating to vision
- nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
- linger: To take your time doing something; hang around
- sensory: Referring to the physical senses
- activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
- stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
- activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
- reduction: Act of making something smaller
- genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
- pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
- yawn: Opening the mouth wide and take a deep breath
- program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
- medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
- nucleus: Center of an atom
- limb: Leg, arm, branch or wing
- infuse: To soak tea, etc. in hot water, oil etc.
- gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
- dysfunction: Failure to act as expected, as in a social context
- aura: Distinctive feeling or mood coming from a person
- headache: Pain in the head
- tingle: Feeling as if small needles are in your skin
- migraine: Severe headache often with feelings of sickness
- dilation: Act of making (eyes) more open or expanded
- certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
- neurologist: Doctor specializing in the nervous system
- pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
- peptide: Amide derived from two or more amino acids
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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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