Vocabulary
- depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
- gnaw at: To cause persistent distress or anxiety.
- spill over: To flow over the edge of a container.
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- music: Sounds that are sung or played to give pleasure
- world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
- famous: Excellent
- greatest: Highest in quality
- live: To be alive
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- moment: Very short or brief period of time
- field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
- cloudy: With many clouds; without exact form or detail
- truthful: Expressing or given to expressing the truth
- space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
- sunny: Feeling or being cheerful, happy, and friendly
- digital: Using electronic signals or computers
- brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
- map: Diagram showing the geography of an area
- decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
- main: Most important; most often used
- future: Time that is to come after the present
- bring: To take or go with someone to a place
- happen: To take place or occur
- real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- truth: Real facts about something
- depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
- engage: To start to fight with an enemy
- technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
- couple: To join something to something else
- spill: Accident when someone falls
- shadow: To cover something with shade
- author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
- operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
- communicate: To give and exchange information
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
- scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
- dishonest: Likely to steal or lie; deceitful; corrupt
- literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
- adopt: To legally take a child into your family
- inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
- sample: To try (e.g. food, drink), to see if you like it
- objective: Being real, rather than simply being an idea
- alternative: Something different you can choose
- muscle: Physical power
- tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
- vision: Ability to see; eyesight
- code: To express information in a series of numbers
- potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
- process: To organize and use data in a computer
- distort: To change the shape, appearance, or sound
- distortion: Act of changing the shape, details, appearance of
- dwell: To live in a certain place
- fake: Not real; made to look like something real
- labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
- perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
- adjacent: Being close or near to a border, wall, or point
- metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
- suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
- mediate: To help to reach an agreement between people
- trance: Daydreaming state; unaware state
- instantaneously: Without any delay at all
- usher: One who leads you to your seat, as in a theater
- reinvent: To present something in a new and interesting way
- probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
- manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
- harness: To capture the power of something
- realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
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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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What Makes a Good Leader?
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Jack posted on 2015/10/26Ever wondered what makes a truly great leader? This video dives into the fascinating world of perception, neurochemistry, and how figures like Steve Jobs used a 'reality distortion field' to shape the world! You'll pick up some advanced vocabulary and gain insights into thought leadership that are super practical for the workplace.
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