Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
- genetic information: Hereditary information encoded in the genetic material (DNA or RNA) of an organism.
- upwards of: More than; at least.
- lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- work out
- in effect: In reality; in practice; virtually
- on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
- stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
- at a distance: Far away; not close.
- subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
- specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- perceive: To notice or become aware of something
- extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
- scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
- sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
- strength: Condition of being strong
- interact: To talk or do things with each other
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
- affect: To cause a change in something else
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
- tiny: Very, very small
- genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
- surface: To give (road) a top layer
- release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
- factor: Something that influences a result
- effect: An advantage, benefit
- scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
- pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- permanently: For a long time; always
- capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- flexible: Bending easily
- contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
- theoretically: As regards ideas that could be true
- shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
- organism: Living thing, often one that is small
- ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
- genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
- allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- catch: Amount of something that has been caught
- piece: A counter in a board game
- overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- modify: To make minor change to something
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- encode: To change a message or information into code
- vibration: Shaking motion
- finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
- burn: To destroy with fire
- diameter: Distance across the center of an object
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
- jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
- cube: Solid object that has six square sides
- twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
- proportional: Having a size appropriate to the size of another
- bicep: Muscle of the front upper arm
- spider: Small creature with 8 legs that spins cobwebs
- dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
- actin: A proteins into which actomyosin can be split
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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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