Vocabulary
- figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
- under the weather: Slightly ill; not feeling well.
- turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
- name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
- print out: To produce a paper copy of a document from a computer.
- rabbit-hole of stress: A complex and confusing situation that leads to increased stress and anxiety as one delves deeper into it.
- in line with: In agreement with; conforming to.
- seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
- doctor: Person paid to help people become or stay healthy
- Internet: Worldwide computer network system
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- worry: Something that causes trouble or concern
- weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- help: To act to enable a person to do something; assist
- finding: To become aware of something that is happening
- foot: Base of something such as a mountain or vase
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
- know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
- long: Person's name
- job: Something that must be done
- cycle: Series of regular and repeated actions
- online: Connected to the internet
- term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
- unsurprisingly: In an expected manner; predictably
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- engine: Machine that changes energy into mechanical motion
- negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
- worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
- information: Collection of facts and details about something
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- line: Border that divides two places or regions
- story: One of many floors or levels in a building
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- search: To examine a person's clothing to find something
- flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
- common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
- forbid: To order someone not to do something
- accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
- contained: To keep something from spreading
- surround: To be all the way around something
- mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
- illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
- throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
- publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
- cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
- doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
- anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
- medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
- itch: Something you are desperate to do
- God: Someone admired because they are famous or good
- tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
- analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
- seek: To ask someone for help
- slight: Small (amount, quality)
- generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
- additional: Further or added
- ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
- sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
- loss: Friend, family, or other loved person's death
- highly: In a manner that shows approval
- journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
- arise: To stand up
- uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
- vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
- wary: Concerned about danger; cautious; circumspect
- infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
- tangible: Able to be touched or felt; real
- diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
- prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
- spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
- syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
- misinformation: Information that is incorrect
- compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
- snowball: Ball of snow you throw at each other
- stat: Short for statistic
- fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
- susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
- freaking: Used to emphasize what is being said, or to express anger
- favor: Support or approval from people
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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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