Vocabulary
- speed up: To move more quickly
- on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
- look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
- around the world: In or to many countries.
- run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
- in charge: To be responsible for
- in key: Singing or playing notes correctly according to the musical key.
- gain traction: To become popular or gain support.
- have to: Must do
- instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
- at once: Immediately; without delay
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
- improve: To make, or become, something better
- tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
- aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
- prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
- maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
- dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
- charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
- compare: To consider how similar and different things are
- retail: Business of selling products to the public
- expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
- gain: To increase in something, such as weight
- foreign: Being of a different place or country
- combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
- fake: Not real; made to look like something real
- company: Good feeling from being with someone else
- array: A regular order or arrangement of things
- transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
- narrator: Person or character who tells a story
- delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
- enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
- upbeat: Being positive and cheerful
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- counterfeit: Made to look like the real thing, but false; fake
- trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
- transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
- entice: To attract someone by appealing to hope or desire
- confirm: To formally approve or check something
- language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
- warehouse: Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
- own: To have something as your property
- handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
- fleet: Group of ships under one commander
- commerce: Buying and selling of goods and services; trade
- trolley: Cart with wheels, e.g. in a supermarket or airport
- browse: To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
- make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- product: Item that can be bought
- traction: Force causing moving thing to stick, e.g. on roads
- fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
- empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
- subscription: Regular payment for a service, magazine etc.
- service: Work that a person does to assist others
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- cooperate: To work together with, to assist someone
- carry: To have a child, be pregnant
- cyber: Concerning the internet
- remove: To get rid of something completely
- rumble: Low, heavy continuous sound or series of sounds
- rattle: To make a series of sharp noises by shaking
- automate: To make automatic by using machines
- report: Account of the necessary facts and information
- website: Collection of webpages in one location
- oversee: To check on or manage the work of others
- rustle: To steal cattle or other animals from a herd
- partnership: Shared business relationship with someone
- logistic: Concerning planning and organizing a large project
- middleman: Someone who buys many goods and resells to others
- ping: To make a high sharp sound, as bullet hitting rock
- manpower: The workers available
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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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