Vocabulary
- have to: Must do
- on time
- of course: Sure ; Certainly
- for example: As an illustration or instance.
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
- way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
- on a regular basis: Happening frequently or at regular intervals.
- work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
- on the defensive: Behaving as if you are being attacked or criticized.
- in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
- work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
- like fun: Very fast or with great effort or enthusiasm.
- sit down: To take a seat
- write up: To make a written record of (a study, etc.)
- over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
- come on over: An invitation to visit someone's home or location.
- special gift: A particularly thoughtful or unique present.
- business: A company formed for making profit
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
- love: Person's name
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
- safe: Highly likely
- easy: Not hard to do; not difficult
- class: To place things into groups by common qualities
- great: Very good; better than before
- question: To ask for or try to get information
- clean: Completely; entirely
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- email: A message like a letter sent by computer or phone
- spell: To lead to future trouble
- check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
- grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
- sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
- partner: One you have a business/personal relationship with
- air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
- own: To have something as your property
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
- spelling: To lead to future trouble
- happen: To take place or occur
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- chat: To talk in a friendly and relaxed manner
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- lazy: Not liking to work or make an effort; idle
- direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- communicate: To give and exchange information
- passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
- personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
- experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
- publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
- publishing: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- improvement: Addition or change that makes something better
- aloud: In a way that can be heard; not said to yourself
- involve: To have or be included as a part of something
- stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
- friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
- blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
- fault: A failure or negative aspect of
- version: Different way that someone interprets something
- aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
- frustrated: Annoyed because things don't go the way you want
- weirdness: Quality of being unusual and strange
- partnership: Shared business relationship with someone
- tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
- feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
- responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
- master: To gain control over something
- aggression: Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
- respectful: Showing respect, consideration or politeness
- insight: Power to understand people and things very well
- receptive: Being open to hearing and considering new ideas
- poking: To give a push, thrust, or jab
- defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
- wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
- fester: (Of a problem) to get worse because unattended to
- horrendous: Causing horror; awful; very bad
- meh: An expression of indifference or boredom; apathetic.
- compassionate: Feeling sympathy for people who are suffering
- caring: To feel interest, concern, or worry
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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
A2 Elementary
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