I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a brave/bold/gallant/valiant attempt approving (= one that you admire, but that is unsuccessful )
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The previous government made a brave attempt to tackle the problem.
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She made a valiant attempt to continue playing, but the pain was too much.
happy/sensitive/brave/simple etc soul
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He is really quite a sensitive soul.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attempt
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A brave attempt , but ruined by the fact that neither of the elements are really up to much.
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The success of President Mohammad Khatami's brave attempt to democratize the country hangs in the balance.
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A brave attempt , but spoiled by poor execution.
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Richard Body has made a brave attempt to shed the mythology and propaganda, and to expose farming objectives to public debate.
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It had been a brave attempt and was recognised as such.
decision
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The design of the Clio represented a brave decision .
effort
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The student company makes a brave effort at tackling the multiple roles.
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Hers was a brave effort for one who had to be whisked off to hospital on Tuesday after a painful accident.
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More recently, the couple made a brave effort to live a normal life for the children.
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All her brave effort had been for nothing.
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It was poorly and sparsely furnished; a brave effort had been made to keep it tidy and clean.
face
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With the way she had carried on smiling, stifling the grief, putting on her brave face to the world?
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Whether in denial or putting on a brave face , the delegates professed to be unperturbed by those numbers.
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She may have put a brave face on it.
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No one said a word all of us were consciously putting on a brave face .
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She spent the next 18 months putting a brave face on her illness, with lots of loving support from George.
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Newspaper staff put on a brave face .
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He was shattered, though he put on a brave face .
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Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face .
front
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I did not put up a brave front for Christine.
girl
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We all has to put up with it; you're a brave girl .
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He felt a warm liking for the pretty, brave girl .
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I thought perhaps ... But you're a brave girl , Elaine.
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She is a very brave girl , who is always first on the scene.
man
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It would be a brave man who would claim that these ideas were unrealistic given the availability of cheap computer power.
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Starbuck, however, was a brave man when faced with physical terrors.
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He was also a brave man , taking personal risks to comfort the sick during an outbreak of plague.
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One company lost many of its bravest men ....
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He was a brave man and he was soon ashamed of his fear.
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The next day they went into battle with the desperate courage of brave men cornered.
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The Trojans under Hector fought as brave men fight before the walls of their home.
soldier
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This was a brave soldier urging his fellows to acknowledge the slaughter of the Khe San and Da Nang.
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The brave soldier was alone but stood his ground after confronting the men in the dead of night.
soul
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Inspired by the Sixties, we asked a few brave souls to take the plunge and dress up like latter-day Twiggys.
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A few stalls stood uncovered and some brave souls made their way through the ankle-deep, mucky slush.
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A few brave souls danced while others enjoyed a good sing-song.
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I refused to sign it and one or two brave souls joined me.
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They said he was a brave soul , and an inspirational international leader.
thing
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Well, she would do a brave thing , for once.
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What a marvellously brave thing Miss Honey had done.
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Perhaps it was dying that was the bravest thing a person could do?
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That's the bravest thing I have ever heard of.
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So she did a very brave thing .
woman
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Princesse Mathilde was a brave woman .
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One brave woman afrer another stood up and bore witness across the Northern Hemisphere.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a brave rescue attempt
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Come on, be brave . Just grit your teeth and it will all be over in no time.
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Her brave fight against cancer is an inspiration to us all.
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I wasn't sure if I was being brave or stupid.
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It's a brave effort to compete with the big publishers.
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It was very brave of you to tell her the truth.
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No matter how hard I tried to be brave and strong, I couldn't stop myself from crying.
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You have to be very brave to be a fireman.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But if your admiration went to Fowler, your hearts went out to Francis' brave First Division side.
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But lately she felt braver and stronger, and smarter.
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Fall through the platform, and unless you're either amazingly brave or stupid head down the wind tunnel to the left.
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He was brave , reverent, and clean, though perhaps lacking in the trustworthiness department.
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I think you're very brave .
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Rain sat there, thinking about Barbara Coleman, a woman who was both brave and pathetic.
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The student company makes a brave effort at tackling the multiple roles.
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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
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Background: Workers willing to brave long commutes to New York for less-expensive housing are keeping the Philadelphia metro area suburbs alive.
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King braved police truncheons, and was assassinated because of his beliefs.
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Others brave danger in the Amazon.
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Scrapbooks and bottles of paste and cutout articles of the young Dove braving gales in canoes, performing heroic acts.
III. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Leading the charge against Luton on Saturday was one of the young braves, Joey Beauchamp.
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The brave became a great chief, and he always took special care of his colt, which became a great horse.
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Worth told the chief to send five of his braves to explain the new removal policy to his people.