Vocabulary
- off balance: In a state of being unsteady or unstable; lacking equilibrium.
- suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
- in reaction to: As a response to something.
- cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
- used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
- in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
- in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
- sleep: To have enough beds for
- easily: Clearly; without doubt; certainly
- change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
- sleeping: To have enough beds for
- study: To focus on learning something usually at school
- people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
- train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
- clock: A device that shows the time
- exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
- bad: Not good; wrong
- safe: Highly likely
- talk: Style of speaking
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
- move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
- plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
- unable: Not being able to do something
- cycle: Series of regular and repeated actions
- video: Recording capturing action with sound
- memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
- match: To equal or be as good as something else
- throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
- hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
- college: School or educational institution for adults
- direction: When someone tells people what to do
- straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
- deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
- decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
- approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
- electrical: Related or connected to electricity
- depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
- shock: The passage of an electricity through the body
- habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
- awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
- controlled: To direct or influence the behavior of something
- suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
- lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
- calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
- motor: Concerning cars and vehicles
- stimulation: Arousal of interest or emotions
- adapt: To change something for a different function
- biological: Being related to life and living things
- emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
- objectively: In an open-minded way; without prejudice
- daytime: The time of day you can see the sun
- adaptable: Having the ability to change to new conditions
- symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
- cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
- versa: used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
- magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
- vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
- insomnia: Inability to sleep for many nights
- groan: To make a deep sound from despair, pain etc.
- retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
- drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
- legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
- cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
- apnea: Temporary stoppage of breathing
- circadian: Concerning biological processes occurring at -hour intervals
- plasticity: Property of being able to physically bend
- physiological: Of or relating to functions of the body
- rotten: Gone bad; broken into pieces through dying
- overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- info: Shortened form of the word 'information'
- tweet: Weak chirping sound as of a small bird
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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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