BRAVE


Meaning of BRAVE in English

I. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a brave/bold/gallant/valiant attempt approving (= one that you admire, but that is unsuccessful )

The previous government made a brave attempt to tackle the problem.

She made a valiant attempt to continue playing, but the pain was too much.

happy/sensitive/brave/simple etc soul

He is really quite a sensitive soul.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

attempt

A brave attempt , but ruined by the fact that neither of the elements are really up to much.

The success of President Mohammad Khatami's brave attempt to democratize the country hangs in the balance.

A brave attempt , but spoiled by poor execution.

Richard Body has made a brave attempt to shed the mythology and propaganda, and to expose farming objectives to public debate.

It had been a brave attempt and was recognised as such.

decision

The design of the Clio represented a brave decision .

effort

The student company makes a brave effort at tackling the multiple roles.

Hers was a brave effort for one who had to be whisked off to hospital on Tuesday after a painful accident.

More recently, the couple made a brave effort to live a normal life for the children.

All her brave effort had been for nothing.

It was poorly and sparsely furnished; a brave effort had been made to keep it tidy and clean.

face

With the way she had carried on smiling, stifling the grief, putting on her brave face to the world?

Whether in denial or putting on a brave face , the delegates professed to be unperturbed by those numbers.

She may have put a brave face on it.

No one said a word all of us were consciously putting on a brave face .

She spent the next 18 months putting a brave face on her illness, with lots of loving support from George.

Newspaper staff put on a brave face .

He was shattered, though he put on a brave face .

Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face .

front

I did not put up a brave front for Christine.

girl

We all has to put up with it; you're a brave girl .

He felt a warm liking for the pretty, brave girl .

I thought perhaps ... But you're a brave girl , Elaine.

She is a very brave girl , who is always first on the scene.

man

It would be a brave man who would claim that these ideas were unrealistic given the availability of cheap computer power.

Starbuck, however, was a brave man when faced with physical terrors.

He was also a brave man , taking personal risks to comfort the sick during an outbreak of plague.

One company lost many of its bravest men ....

He was a brave man and he was soon ashamed of his fear.

The next day they went into battle with the desperate courage of brave men cornered.

The Trojans under Hector fought as brave men fight before the walls of their home.

soldier

This was a brave soldier urging his fellows to acknowledge the slaughter of the Khe San and Da Nang.

The brave soldier was alone but stood his ground after confronting the men in the dead of night.

soul

Inspired by the Sixties, we asked a few brave souls to take the plunge and dress up like latter-day Twiggys.

A few stalls stood uncovered and some brave souls made their way through the ankle-deep, mucky slush.

A few brave souls danced while others enjoyed a good sing-song.

I refused to sign it and one or two brave souls joined me.

They said he was a brave soul , and an inspirational international leader.

thing

Well, she would do a brave thing , for once.

What a marvellously brave thing Miss Honey had done.

Perhaps it was dying that was the bravest thing a person could do?

That's the bravest thing I have ever heard of.

So she did a very brave thing .

woman

Princesse Mathilde was a brave woman .

One brave woman afrer another stood up and bore witness across the Northern Hemisphere.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a brave rescue attempt

Come on, be brave . Just grit your teeth and it will all be over in no time.

Her brave fight against cancer is an inspiration to us all.

I wasn't sure if I was being brave or stupid.

It's a brave effort to compete with the big publishers.

It was very brave of you to tell her the truth.

No matter how hard I tried to be brave and strong, I couldn't stop myself from crying.

You have to be very brave to be a fireman.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But if your admiration went to Fowler, your hearts went out to Francis' brave First Division side.

But lately she felt braver and stronger, and smarter.

Fall through the platform, and unless you're either amazingly brave or stupid head down the wind tunnel to the left.

He was brave , reverent, and clean, though perhaps lacking in the trustworthiness department.

I think you're very brave .

Rain sat there, thinking about Barbara Coleman, a woman who was both brave and pathetic.

The student company makes a brave effort at tackling the multiple roles.

These were the rugged and fearful places the men continually returned to in search of a skilled and brave enemy.

II. verb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Background: Workers willing to brave long commutes to New York for less-expensive housing are keeping the Philadelphia metro area suburbs alive.

King braved police truncheons, and was assassinated because of his beliefs.

Others brave danger in the Amazon.

Scrapbooks and bottles of paste and cutout articles of the young Dove braving gales in canoes, performing heroic acts.

III. noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Leading the charge against Luton on Saturday was one of the young braves, Joey Beauchamp.

The brave became a great chief, and he always took special care of his colt, which became a great horse.

Worth told the chief to send five of his braves to explain the new removal policy to his people.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.