Vocabulary
- cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
- advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
- ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
- awareness: Having knowledge of something
- mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
- elusive: Difficult to find or catch
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
- population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
- regulate: To control something with rules or laws
- raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
- observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
- rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
- exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
- trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
- social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- notoriously: So as to be well-known for being something bad
- annual: Happening once a year, or every year
- altogether: All things considered
- limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
- wild: In a manner which lacks control
- attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
- mediterranean: Describing the sea between Italy and Africa
- akin: Similar to; like; almost the same as
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
- head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
- difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
- disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
- group: Two or more musicians who play music together
- atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
- reproductive: Concerning the process of making children
- nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
- devil: A spirit said to be evil
- ray: Person's name
- appendix: Additional information at the end of a document
- poach: To cook something gently in boiling liquid
- gill: Part of a fish's body it uses to breathe
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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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