Vocabulary
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- over time: Gradually; as time passes.
- think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
- go back to: To return to a starting point
- for certain: Definitely; without a doubt.
- of sorts: Of a kind, but not a very good one.
- to do with: To be about something; concern
- out of the blue: Unexpectedly; without warning
- allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
- build up: To increase the amount; collect something
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
- take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
- step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
- going on: To continue doing something
- in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- start over: To begin again.
- have to: Must do
- practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
- begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- important: Having power or authority
- meet: To provide something that is necessary
- think: To have an idea about something without certainty
- pay: To give money for goods or work done
- person: Man, woman or child
- part: Division of a book
- speak: To be able to use a certain language
- test: To be given a medical examination
- great: Very good; better than before
- conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
- big: Popular
- store: To put things in a place for later use
- goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
- bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- matter: To be of great importance; to count
- mind: To be bothered or upset by something
- collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- set: Prepared for something; ready
- final: Last game in a series in a competition
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
- scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
- scientist: Person who is trained in a science
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
- expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
- experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
- step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
- stressing: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
- value: Importance you attach to something
- organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
- broad: General; not detailed
- essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
- datum: Item of factual information
- observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
- feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
- incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
- researcher: Someone who works to find new facts and ideas
- enable: To make it possible to do something
- observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
- logical: Sensible; reasonable
- gather: To bring objects together into one place
- endless: Having or appearing to have no end
- client: Person paying for professional services
- mental: Concerning the mind
- constant: Happening frequently or without pause
- imaginative: Able to think of new and interesting ideas
- attain: To reach a desired level or amount over time
- selective: Choosing through thoughtful comparison
- accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
- accomplished: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
- random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
- hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
- finite: Having limits; lasting for a limited time
- intuition: Natural ability to guess or feel things
- mediocre: Average; not outstanding; not very good
- perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
- attic: Room at the top of a house just below the roof
- expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
- mindset: Way someone things about something
- akin: Similar to; like; almost the same as
- iterative: Marked by iteration; repeating
- optimize: To make as effective as possible
- loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
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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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Maria Konnikova: Unclutter Your Brain Attic Like Sherlock Holmes
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Why Why posted on 2013/03/25Ever wondered how Sherlock Holmes notices *everything*? This video breaks down his incredible observation skills and how you can develop them using the scientific method, just like he did! You'll pick up some great vocabulary for critical thinking and deliberate practice along the way.
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