Vocabulary
- take it easy
- talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- stop working: To cease performing a task or function; to become non-operational.
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- take with: To bring something or someone along when you go somewhere.
- together with: In addition to; along with.
- dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
- turn on
- appear at: To be present in a specific place or event.
- first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
- take it from me: Trust me or believe what I say based on experience.
- in place of: Instead of; as a substitute for.
- go on: To continue doing something
- look after: To take care of someone or something
- lead on: To encourage someone to believe something that is not true.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- situation: Place, position or area that something is in
- expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
- fluent: Doing something well and with ease
- curious: Wanting to know more about something
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
- issue: To make something available to be used or sold
- mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
- advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
- lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
- break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
- dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
- click: To work well with someone or something
- absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
- informal: Casual; relaxed
- bottom: The part of your body you sit on
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
- control: A device designed to operate a machine
- learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- operation: Business or company, or its activities
- excellent: Extremely good
- marathon: Lasting for a long time
- noticeable: Being easy or likely to be sensed or noticed
- farewell: Act of saying goodbye and leaving
- impatient: Not wanting to wait; getting angry over problems
- leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
- weirdly: In an odd or strange way
- informally: In a casual or relaxed way
- notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
- grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
- shah: Title given to the monarch of Iran
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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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