noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an act of courage/bravery
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The men were awarded the medals for acts of courage.
Dutch courage
exceptional bravery/courage
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Fire crews showed exceptional bravery.
indomitable spirit/will/courage etc
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Alice was a woman of indomitable spirit.
muster (up) the courage/confidence/energy etc to do sth
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Finally I mustered up the courage to ask her out.
sap sb’s strength/courage/energy
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Her long illness was gradually sapping Charlotte’s strength.
take courage/guts
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It takes courage to admit you are wrong.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
considerable
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Truman's career had developed wholly in the domestic context where he had shown considerable guile and courage .
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To step out of bed on to the cold lino, and to begin dressing and shivering, took considerable courage .
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Coping with loss and sustaining morale is not easy, requiring considerable courage .
great
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Their respect for her as she found the courage to speak out gave her still greater courage and self-confidence.
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With great courage , Vasseur has blown the whistle on an unacceptable situation.
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They had prevailed with great courage in the trenches of tourism, but enough was enough.
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Yet some did take a step of great courage .
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Sometimes, staying put is a greater act of courage than pulling up stakes and starting anew.
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The partisans showed great courage , but some of them had to withdraw from the Parma Apennines down towards Tuscany.
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To lead people through periods of fundamental behavior change takes even greater courage .
human
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To deplore children being crippled by land mines is not really at the pinnacle of human courage , is it?
little
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A little courage , thought FakhrLI, and I will be a nawab.
moral
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She was far from confident that she possessed the moral courage to endure further revelations from that dark side of her moon.
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But nothing will really be solved until we have a government with the moral courage to ban driving entirely.
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It is also right to reward physical bravery and moral courage .
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The moral courage required on the part of the elderly person to recognise what is happening and not resist should also be saluted.
personal
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Yet such an esoteric statistic took second place to a tale of personal commitment and courage .
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If not countermanded by personal courage or other organizational forces, this tendency becomes habitual and self-perpetuating.
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But his recovery also owes a great deal to his personal courage .
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As far as Castro's personal courage was concerned, his position was admirable and correct.
physical
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He had, too, the rock-like character and physical courage of Chesterton's priest.
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The first was physical courage: the swaggering courtship of danger, injury, maiming or even death.
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He showed immense physical courage in fighting the illness which left him unable to walk again unaided.
political
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It will take tremendous political will, courage and humanity to reverse this situation.
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But both also have fans who admire their issues-oriented leadership and political courage .
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That struggle to free the Democrats from outdated thinking has demanded more political courage than Clinton is usually credited with.
■ VERB
admire
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The police admire his courage but they'd rather he'd dialed 999.
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Rather than being denigrated and despised, he was admired for his courage , his steadfastness, his devotion to family.
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I can only admire her courage .
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They admired courage and feared death.
ask
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It was several minutes before he had found the courage to ask her how she had got to the beach.
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When we returned, the fisherwomen had gathered enough courage to ask us to tea.
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In the hotel that night she found the courage to ask about it.
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He had not had the courage to ask Sokolow directly for such a major and difficult work.
change
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For all his famous steadfastness, Assad lacked the toughest quality of all: the courage to change .
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In doing this I found the second step: The courage to change the things I can.
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But his courage did not change the course of history, it simply delayed it a bit.
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To lead others through change , you must have the courage to change yourself.
face
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If we had more courage at Goodison in facing up to the truth unpalatable though it may be things might begin to improve.
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You need to find the courage to face the fact that your fears are unreal.
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They underlined the pain inflicted on the conquered Gauls and their courage in facing death - alone or with their families.
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The man with the courage to face up to the issue was Heisenberg.
find
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Somehow they must find the courage to accept the challenge.
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If I found the courage to begin, it was only because of Aesop.
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She was wishing she could find the courage to go through the wood by the path.
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You can find courage by focusing relentlessly on performance and people.
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Pray heaven she might find the courage to endure the horrors that must lie in store!
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Most important, you can find courage within yourself by living the change you wish to bring about.
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She resolved that if he couldn't find the necessary courage , she would.
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In the process, many of these managers found their perseverance and courage ultimately rewarded.
gather
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He liked her, she knew, although he never seemed to gather the courage to do anything about it.
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When we returned, the fisherwomen had gathered enough courage to ask us to tea.
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I gathered up all my courage and went home and we went for a walk and I just told him.
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So Mark gathered up his courage and talked to his supervisor one April morning.
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I gathered my courage , and turned, prepared to look myself in the face.
give
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He squeezed his eyes shut and swore silently to give himself courage .
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But, she gives me courage .
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Civil-rights activists were appalled by the new brutality of the police, but it gave courage to ordinary people to become informers.
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Bring me proof that the Wicked Witch is dead, and that moment I will give you courage .
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And there was a rage around, I knew, that would give courage even to Sebastian.
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Their respect for her as she found the courage to speak out gave her still greater courage and self-confidence.
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It was almost a religious conviction he had, and one which gave him the courage to carry out his plans.
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lack
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The Empress, who lacked neither intelligence nor courage , immediately understood the import of what had happened.
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If they lacked the courage to fight for themselves and for their good names, how could they fight for any-one else?
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She entirely lacked the courage to approach it.
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He did not lack courage , but it pained him acutely to see his beloved army bloodied.
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One by one everyone else's balloon burst but I lacked the courage to blow too hard.
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But Bao Dai, though intelligent, lacked the courage to articulate his ideas.
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Or did he know about it and after 2,000 years of Mariolatry lack the courage to correct it?
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Indeed, if you as a leader lack the courage to live the change, how can you expect it of others?
lose
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Gradually I lost the courage to speak out about anything or to question anyone.
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But he suddenly lost what courage he had bad and just wandered off.
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Lying waiting for the family to go to sleep, she had begun to lose courage .
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Not until other assigned friars lost courage did his superiors send Serra with his student and confidant Francisco Palou to the work.
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Just as she was beginning to lose her courage , Luke's voice stopped, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
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All things became a burden, and I lost my courage and will.
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Although she started cheerfully, she began to lose her courage as she approached Emminster.
muster
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It had taken the last half-hour to muster the courage to mention the subject yet again.
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That you mustered the courage to come here in the first place-we know how disconcerting this sort of thing is for you.
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He was mustering up the courage to quit when Spider touched him on the shoulder.
need
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She walked straight in, feeling she had never needed as much courage in her life before.
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You need to find the courage to face the fact that your fears are unreal.
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I need to summon my courage for its wild, exhilarating, heart-stopping ride.
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She would need some of his courage , and his good fortune.
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He needs to find the courage to take such a stand in the name of decent social policy as well.
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You need to have the courage of your convictions.
pluck
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But why not pluck up the courage to do what you've always wanted?
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A year later, I plucked up my courage and became pregnant once more.
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I think you should pluck up the courage to invite him out.
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After a while, too, some of the more literary residents of Princeton plucked up the courage to speak to him.
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Kent suspected that if the fellow ever did pluck up courage to call he would be disappointed.
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On three occasions he had plucked up the courage to call her, but had never had a reply.
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Eventually I plucked up courage and booked a ticket to Amsterdam with the sole purpose of getting laid.
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Nelly begged me not to leave her, and plucking up courage I stayed.
praise
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He would not have gone to Munich himself, he said, but he praised Chamberlain's courage for acting differently.
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He lamented their losses, praised their courage , and attributed their lack of success to accidental causes.
require
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Expressing such views requires courage because it would appear to be taboo to talk about protecting fee income.
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Yes, although Mchboob did not think it very serious, even that required some courage .
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Such schemes require courage from the government, the co-operation of the opposition and forbearance by unions.
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Nonviolence, he said, requires much more courage than violence.
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Coping with loss and sustaining morale is not easy, requiring considerable courage .
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To make such decisions requires extraordinary courage and self-confidence.
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Land invasions are a highly militant form of action, which require courage on the part of those involved.
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Governance in democracies, particularly with those issues that are deemed fundamental, requires more than courage .
screw
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But Janice's fear was so great she struggled through two more migraines before screwing up enough courage to try the injection.
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Amy had screwed up her courage for this.
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I eventually screwed up the courage to write to Richardson, pretending to be a drama student wanting advice.
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Opposition politicians are screwing up their courage .
show
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The partisans showed great courage , but some of them had to withdraw from the Parma Apennines down towards Tuscany.
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In proposing such unpalatable measures, albeit with reluctance, the Big Five were showing both realism and courage .
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I tried to sound composed, not to show courage but because I suddenly realized it was simply the only alternative.
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Truman's career had developed wholly in the domestic context where he had shown considerable guile and courage .
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Miriam showed such courage from the time of her childhood.
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Another inspiring figure was Keith Chegwin, who also showed great courage by admitting on television that he is an alcoholic.
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Too often we just remember the men throughout our history who have shown courage and compassion.
speak
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Gradually I lost the courage to speak out about anything or to question anyone.
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Their respect for her as she found the courage to speak out gave her still greater courage and self-confidence.
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It takes courage to speak out when one is well known.
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We must have traveled two miles before either one of us found the courage to speak .
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After a while, too, some of the more literary residents of Princeton plucked up the courage to speak to him.
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We notice that they are watching us intently and are working up the courage to speak to us.
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We were all very young and shy and none of us had the courage to approach and speak to them.
stand
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To me Conscience and courage stood fleshed out in you.
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Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience.
summon
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There is still a way out of this economic mess, if Mr Gorbachev can summon up the courage to take it.
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In 1941, Roosevelt conceded failure and Congress summoned the courage to codify the date in law.
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Time is required, often to summon the courage necessary to talk about their real problems and difficulties.
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When at last he lay sleeping quietly, she summoned all her courage and lit the lamp.
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University students summoned the courage to demonstrate for multi-party changes soon after the Lenten letter was read.
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I need to summon my courage for its wild, exhilarating, heart-stopping ride.
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He summoned his courage and said so to the grim-faced man before he left the sick room.
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Feeling small and insignificant, Chesarynth summoned up the courage to move.
take
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Create impressive graphic designs on your walls; all it takes is courage and a little sleight of hand.
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It takes courage for parents to permit themselves to be vulnerable and seek psychological help.
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But it would have taken more courage than I could muster.
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It took courage for that man to confront a superior.
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It takes effort, courage and a sense of humour to love again after a certain age.
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It is something which takes courage .
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That took a lot of courage and I agree with her completely.
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It took a lot of courage for her to finally tell us.
tell
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But it would have been more dignified for both of us had he found the courage to tell me himself.
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He hated her and he hated himself for not having the courage to tell her.
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Lord Robertson lacked the courage to tell us.
test
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Since then he has fulfilled many ambitions, learned new skills and tested his courage and physical fitness to the limit.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a badge of honour/courage etc
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Privatisation used to be a badge of honour worn with pride by these Ministers.
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That, more a badge of honour.
every (last) ounce of courage/energy/strength etc
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It had taken every ounce of courage she possessed to board the aircraft after her last experience.
pluck up (the) courage (to do sth)
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After a while, too, some of the more literary residents of Princeton plucked up the courage to speak to him.
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But eventually, he plucked up courage to see a solicitor.
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But why not pluck up the courage to do what you've always wanted?
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Eventually I plucked up courage and booked a ticket to Amsterdam with the sole purpose of getting laid.
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I think you should pluck up the courage to invite him out.
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Kent suspected that if the fellow ever did pluck up courage to call he would be disappointed.
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Nelly begged me not to leave her, and plucking up courage I stayed.
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On three occasions he had plucked up the courage to call her, but had never had a reply.
screw up the/enough courage to do sth
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But Janice's fear was so great she struggled through two more migraines before screwing up enough courage to try the injection.
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I eventually screwed up the courage to write to Richardson, pretending to be a drama student wanting advice.
stock of jokes/knowledge/courage etc
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These stocks of knowledge can be altered by interactions, through negotiation.
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This ties in with the notion of the negotiable nature of people's stocks of knowledge.
work up enthusiasm/interest/courage etc
your courage/will/nerve fails (you)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Driving again after his accident must have taken a lot of courage .
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Nelson Mandela will be remembered for his courage and integrity in the struggle against apartheid.
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Private Smith was recognized for her courage .
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She showed great courage during her long illness.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He is capable of cold-blooded or berserk courage in desperate moments yet is constantly afraid of being cowardly.
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He was mustering up the courage to quit when Spider touched him on the shoulder.
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Her courage in the face of death is an example to us all.
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If they lacked the courage to fight for themselves and for their good names, how could they fight for any-one else?
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In the face of such talent, not to say courage , how could I expose her?
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Service, under such appalling conditions, is testimony indeed to his courage .
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Tapping into that courage demands more than intellectual commitment and tough decision making.
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This would take some courage but something inside her was urging her to be honest.