Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- have to: Must do
- belief system: A set of principles or tenets which together form the basis of a religion, philosophy, or moral code.
- as much a: To the same degree or extent.
- arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
- lead to: To result in some action
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- back up: To save a copy of your computer data
- pissed off: Angry or annoyed.
- answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
- in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
- came off: To succeed in doing; complete something
- turn things around: To cause a situation or business to improve significantly.
- back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
- deal with
- next to: Being located along side another
- pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
- toddle off: To leave or walk away slowly, like a young child.
- to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
- come from: To have as your native country or city
- vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
- authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- figure: To appear in a game, play or event
- vulnerability: Being weak and able to be easily hurt or damaged
- journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- character: Person in a story, movie or play
- audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
- force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
- fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- annoying: To make someone angry
- explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
- encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
- tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
- require: To demand that someone does something
- core: To take out the central section of a fruit
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- film: Thin layer that covers something
- authenticity: Quality of being genuine, not a fake or copy
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
- solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
- belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
- emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
- creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
- tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
- emotionally: In a way that shows your feelings
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- fully: Completely or entirely
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- act: To behave in a certain way
- support: To give assistance or advice to someone
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- empathize: To imagine or understand how others feel
- aversion: Strong feeling of dislike
- introspection: Thinking deeply within yourself, about yourself
- rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
- narrate: To tell a story, describing events in detail
- tickle: Discomfort caused by something touching the skin
- realization: Act of noticing something not noticed before
- arc: Smoothly curving line or movement
- storyteller: Someone who tells stories
- headquarter: Main office of a company or organisation
- preschool: Educational institution before primary school
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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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