Vocabulary
- for free: Without charge; at no cost.
- in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
- of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
- build up: To increase the amount; collect something
- for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
- think about: To consider something carefully.
- work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- pay: To give money for goods or work done
- hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
- ask: To say to someone that you want something
- meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
- understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
- present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
- write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
- business: A company formed for making profit
- short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
- wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
- time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
- job: Something that must be done
- working: To bring into a specific state of success
- free: Living, happening without being controlled
- winner: Person or thing that wins a contest or race
- pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
- underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
- copy: A counter for items that are the same
- web: Skin between ducks' toes that enables them to swim
- healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
- enter: To start a career or an education
- project: To predict what will happen in the future
- prepare: To make something ready for use
- build: Your physical shape; physique
- spend: To use money to pay for something
- complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
- quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
- hold: To agree to keep something for someone
- design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
- contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
- designer: Someone who creates plans to make something
- fee: Amount of money paid for a particular service
- charity: Kindness and willingness to forgive, help
- logo: Name, symbol or picture which represents a company
- reward: To give something because of someone's good work
- professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
- relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
- period: Set amount of time during which events take place
- develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
- create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
- local: Bus or train, that stops at most stations
- ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- client: Person paying for professional services
- modest: Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
- absurd: So foolish as to be difficult to believe
- establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
- treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
- blatant: (Of a bad thing) very obvious; done without shame
- portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
- kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
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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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