noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
anger/confidence/tension/hope etc drains away
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Sally felt her anger drain away.
betray...confidence (= tell a secret that someone has trusted me with )
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I would never betray a confidence .
boost sb’s confidence/morale/ego
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The win boosted the team’s confidence.
brimming with confidence
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He seemed to be brimming with confidence .
confidence trick
confidence trickster British English
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a slick, fast-talking confidence trickster
consumer confidence
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Consumer confidence reached an all-time low in September.
destroy sb’s confidence
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When he failed his degree, it completely destroyed his confidence.
express confidence
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Throughout the trial, his legal team expressed confidence in the outcome.
gain confidence
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The managers were gaining confidence in their ability to take calculated risks.
given...confidence
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The course has given me a lot more confidence .
in strict confidence/in the strictest confidence (= kept completely secret )
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Any information you give will be treated in the strictest confidence.
in strict confidence/in the strictest confidence (= kept completely secret )
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Any information you give will be treated in the strictest confidence.
inspire confidence (= make people feel confident because they trust your ability )
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His driving hardly inspires confidence.
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The hospital’s record does not inspire confidence .
instil confidence/fear/discipline etc into sb
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A manager’s job is to instil determination into his players.
lacking in confidence
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He was lacking in confidence .
lose confidence/interest/hope etc
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The business community has lost confidence in the government.
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Carol lost interest in ballet in her teens.
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Try not to lose heart become sad and hopeless – there are plenty of other jobs.
loss of confidence
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her loss of confidence in herself
morale/confidence booster
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Mail from home is a big morale booster for faraway troops.
muster (up) the courage/confidence/energy etc to do sth
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Finally I mustered up the courage to ask her out.
new hope/confidence/optimism etc (= hope etc that you have only just started to feel )
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a medical breakthrough that offers new hope to cancer patients
passed...vote of no confidence
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On April 22 the National Assembly passed a vote of no confidence in the government.
quiet confidence/satisfaction/desperation (= having a particular feeling but not talking about it )
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a woman whose life of quiet desperation threatens to overwhelm her
regain your confidence
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The players need help in regaining their confidence.
renewed interest/confidence/enthusiasm etc
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renewed concern about farming methods
restoring...confidence
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measures aimed at restoring public confidence in the education system
shatter sb’s confidence
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Public confidence has been shattered.
undermine sb’s confidence/authority/position/credibility etc
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The constant criticism was beginning to undermine her confidence.
vote of confidence
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On April 19 the new government won a vote of confidence by 339 votes to 207.
vote of no confidence
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On April 22 the National Assembly passed a vote of no confidence in the government.
won...vote of confidence
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On April 19 the new government won a vote of confidence by 339 votes to 207.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
absolute
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Morrissey armed himself with a self made shield of absolute and utter confidence .
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I did not fret about the delay, because by now I had absolute confidence in the men I was working with.
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Dalgliesh knew that no politician would have talked with such freedom unless he had had absolute confidence in his listener's discretion.
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An absolute confidence that what was about to happen had to happen.
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The niceties gave way to steely-eyed focus and thrilling adventure built on absolute confidence .
complete
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There was an air of complete confidence about him.
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We held him in high esteem and placed complete confidence in him.
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She had complete confidence in the young nurse, although she found it very difficult to penetrate her reserve.
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A man he had complete confidence in.
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You can buy from him in complete confidence .
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I predict with complete confidence that the House of Lords will never be abolished for two reasons.
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And then, protected against the pitfalls of this curious patois, you can book your ticket to Tokyo in complete confidence .
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Your shareholders have complete confidence in you.
full
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The vision of Doreen, head erect, and full of confidence as she rode beside Silas, was all too clear.
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He was a superb pilot and liked and had full confidence in the Airster.
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And the worst part was, everyone else seemed to understand it and strode out to the quay full of knowledgeable confidence .
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He possesses plain good sense, and is in the full confidence of his Countrymen.
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Gloucester, by contrast, kept the king's full confidence .
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In the fresh light of day you are full of confidence and exultation as you prepare to fulfill your dream.
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With the prospect of supporting her grandfather she had somehow been full of confidence about the future.
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It is vital that the teaching profession has full confidence in the processes of career development and advancement.
great
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But now they've given us a great deal of confidence to be ourselves.
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I had one mood from 1976 through 1986, a mood of great confidence and great optimism.
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Some did walk on their own, but they had great confidence .
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And you will find yourself swinging between moods of great confidence to bleak despair.
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By clarifying in your own mind the exact nature of these positions you can enter into bargaining with much greater confidence .
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Research and literature being published now are based on these new techniques and provide us with greater confidence in research findings.
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He holed a very difficult putt with great confidence .
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However, there is great confidence in the dynamics of the free market to motivate and coordinate human behavior.
public
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Only by ensuring that safety and reliability were maintained could public confidence be restored.
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A lack of public confidence , Mathews said, has meant no new schools since 1974.
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The probe was aimed at restoring public confidence in the service, she said.
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As public confidence in his capacity to reign has plummeted, Charles' decline has dragged the monarchy down with him.
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Equally important, although in many ways distinct, was a perceptible decline in public confidence .
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Unfortunately, however, the inquiry did little for public confidence in the independent judicial monitor.
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It stated that the Government's intention was to increase court and public confidence in the effectiveness of community-based penalties.
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In doing this, public relations creates confidence in a company's management and its products, which builds credibility.
quiet
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Both princes drew strength from their uncle's quiet confidence .
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It seemed the kind of thing that would convey old breeding and quiet confidence .
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We face the future with quiet confidence and great determination.
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Nevertheless, as the team assembled in their headquarters, there was an air of quiet confidence .
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The Army had another reason for quiet confidence .
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Fernando de la Rua, the country's hapless president, is exuding quiet confidence .
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Mary's response to the crisis, and the apparent rudeness of her eldest is one of quiet confidence .
strict
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There is nothing magical or mystical about the process, and the results are shared in strictest confidence .
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Because the questionnaire was conducted in strict confidence some took this opportunity to express their thoughts.
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They are expert at handling situations like this in strict confidence .
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This is a strict professional confidence !
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Anything you tell me will be in strict confidence if it's got nothing to do with our enquiries.
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Anyone who can help should telephone, extension 3045 in strict confidence .
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The prisoners were assured that the findings would be held in the strictest confidence .
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Naturally I approached Bates in the strictest confidence , but all too quickly I learned that he is just a gin-sodden loud-mouth.
■ NOUN
business
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All told, business confidence should return next year.
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Consumer and business confidence are plunging.
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These fluctuations can be very damaging to business confidence and may discourage long-term investment.
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The forces at work, each in its own way, pummeled consumer and business confidence .
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The uncertainty of such stop-go policies arguably reduced business confidence and discouraged investment.
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Bradstreet survey released today showed business confidence slumped to its lowest level in more than three and a half years.
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The poll highlights the problems Labour would have in raising business confidence .
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And while the price of oil looked like a gusher, consumer and business confidence fell down the well.
consumer
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The trends in both retail sales and consumer confidence are positive, the report said.
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Some analysts cited shaky consumer confidence as a reason for the overall dismal sales.
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Mr Major has already discovered that repossessions and defaults cost the government money as well as damaging consumer confidence and financial institutions.
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The departure of health minister Andrea Fischer and farm minister Karl-Heinz Funke follows a collapse in consumer confidence .
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Investors were concerned that allegations of corruption against the ruling party would hurt consumer confidence and economic growth.
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The most useful economic indicator to watch is consumer confidence .
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With increased consumer confidence comes economic growth.
interval
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Unadjusted and adjusted hazard ratio and 95% confidence intervals were calculated.
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Adjusted rate ratios and their 95% confidence intervals were calculated for men and women separately by this method.
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The figure shows this estimated number of visits with 95% confidence intervals .
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Means and 95% confidence intervals are presented in text and figures.
investor
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It will take the dotcoms some time before they regain investor confidence .
no
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His concern was justified when the no confidence motion was defeated by only 447 votes to 412.
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Later on Nov. 23 the no confidence motion was defeated by 201 votes to 159, with six abstentions.
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The no confidence debate took place in a crowded Knesset on March 15.
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Three Foreign Ministry officials resigned but the government survived a no confidence vote on Jan. 31.
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Haughey dismissed two ministers before the no confidence vote.
vote
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No government can fail a confidence vote without suspicion that parties were bought by the opposition.
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On 15 April the government lost a confidence vote in parliament and Gaillard resigned.
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Three Foreign Ministry officials resigned but the government survived a no confidence vote on Jan. 31.
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If the government does lose the showdown, it seems likely that John Major will call a confidence vote 24 hours later.
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Parliament meets for the confidence vote on December 30.
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Haughey dismissed two ministers before the no confidence vote .
■ VERB
betray
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I can't tell you what Melanie was asking me because I don't betray other people's confidences .
boost
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He wasn't strong enough to boost his own confidence .
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With exports flagging, Thaksin wants to boost consumer confidence and spending.
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Go for a new hairstyle too boost your confidence .
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The cut in car tax and the increase in capital allowances will also help to boost confidence .
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I observed the rehabilitation process for people after myocardial infarction and discovered the importance of boosting personal confidence .
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What better to boost confidence ahead of the spring buying season.
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An early success can boost morale, give confidence .
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The government is betting this trend will boost business confidence , and thus investment and jobs.
build
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The unforced pace builds children's confidence and keeps their motivation strong.
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This year they have a chance to build some much-needed early confidence .
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The first step needed for building confidence is for the regime to release all political prisoners.
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Employees should be prepared for the change in order to reduce scepticism and to build their confidence . 5.
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However, the public row will do little to build confidence at Essendon.
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Major said holding local elections is the best immediate way to build confidence in the stalled peace process.
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It also argued for collective security arrangements as a means of building confidence and security in the region.
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As you expand the dialogue, without being intrusive, you begin to build his confidence in you.
destroy
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This is inherent in the nature of the charge, but the effect is to destroy confidence in its validity.
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From the beginning Jones worked to destroy his followers' confidence in any of the old authority figures in their lives.
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There were many cases of theft, misappropriation, and favouritism which tended to destroy confidence in officialdom in general.
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Lack of confidence can destroy it.
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To kick them is not only pointless, it destroys what confidence they have.
develop
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Secondly, the patient has time to develop confidence in staff members and other patients.
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By developing subordinates' confidence , the leader may instill a feeling of security.
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Classroom teaching is therefore important in helping the student to develop confidence and competence.
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Out of this new relationship, a child can often develop the warmth and confidence he or she needs.
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And if they don't, somehow or other you have to develop that confidence for yourself.
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But my newly developed confidence and self-assurance had yet to be tested.
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As a result I know I developed much more confidence in my ability and I've pushed my grades up.
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Not when the international squads are working together and developing confidence year round.
express
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This expresses the confidence and boldness of having said it all.
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Chuan and other party leaders expressed confidence that they would be forming a government soon.
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He and his Revolutionary Council expressed supreme confidence in their ability to stand up to the United States and its coalition partners.
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Once again, Chesapeake's players expressed confidence .
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Gunnarson expressed confidence in the financial controls the city has in place, including regular meetings with center staff.
gain
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Realizing this will gradually help you to gain confidence to go deeper and deeper into relaxation and experience full benefit from it.
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People have gained confidence in sending substantial sums off to unseen institutions and working with them long-distance.
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The following teacher's writing illustrates how his pupils have gained in confidence and initiative.
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Seeing this, finally suspecting, the auditor was able to gain her confidence and locate the despair charges.
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She will gain confidence in communication and management skills, and her own knowledge will be tested.
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One by one he gained the confidence of his followers.
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The role enables the researcher to gain the confidence of the group that accepts her in her false role.
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At 15, each had matured and gained confidence .
give
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The latter is chiefly intended to protect a healthy knee against injury and to give confidence to those with inherently weak joints.
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But I had some success in the first game and that gave me confidence I could play.
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He has given it continuity and confidence , matching perspiration with performance.
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That experience gave me confidence that I could handle the big time.
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Winning the John Moores would have given me just the confidence I needed.
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The places I've been and people I've met have given me the confidence to carry on.
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He encourages; he gives the child confidence in himself.
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He gives them confidence and compliments, both on and off the court.
grow
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Anyway, shut up over there, because the idea is to help men grow in confidence and esteem.
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In return, successful students continue to grow in confidence and competence.
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Middlesbrough were growing in confidence all the time, winning the midfield battle and occasionally opening the Ipswich defence.
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But as you grow in confidence , and experience, you will be able to realize your full potential.
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From a nervous start, she seemed to grow in confidence towards the end.
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The labor force expanded by 509, 000, a sign of growing confidence in the prospect of finding work.
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Now, after years of self-doubt, she was growing in confidence and beginning to shed the tensions of her formative years.
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It could be done: gradually, in the second half of the six months, he grew in confidence .
help
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Anyway, shut up over there, because the idea is to help men grow in confidence and esteem.
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He gave me tough assignments from the start-showed confidence in me, which helped me have confidence in myself.
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Discussing how to do this and preparing plans for alternative comforting will help her gain confidence and anticipation of the problems.
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To help me recover my confidence ?
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The cut in car tax and the increase in capital allowances will also help to boost confidence .
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Streamline Graded Readers encourage students in their language learning and help them to gain confidence in their ability.
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Our comprehensive course will help you buy with confidence and increase your enjoyment of different wines.
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A course on speaking out for women is designed to help develop confidence to speak at meetings.
increase
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A course can increase confidence , career prospects or simply be enjoyable - all of which will never be regretted.
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These don't have to be permanent measures, just gentle ways of gradually increasing individual confidence .
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Multicultural and anti-racism training will also increase confidence in the police among minority ethnic communities.
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This, in turn, increases oral confidence .
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Comparative analysis can then increase our confidence regarding what we know about the political world.
inspire
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This will do more to inspire public confidence than the prison officers' negative attitude.
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My boy, the first and foremost work of a doctor is to inspire confidence in his being one.
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A test ban that could not inspire confidence would undermine stability and might even provoke a new arms race.
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Her strength was her ability to elicit and inspire confidences rather than fear in the people she befriended.
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Lukic hardly inspires confidence either in such situations.
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Yet he has a train of attendants on the battlefield which should inspire anyone with confidence .
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What impressed most was how useable this near 30-year-old car feels, and how quickly it inspires confidence .
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In short, he inspires confidence .
lack
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They may lack the confidence , the self-esteem, to venture into libraries.
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But he does not lack confidence or sense of manifest Elvis destiny.
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Maybe I lacked confidence - I didn't consider I possessed the degree of presence you need as the vital link-man.
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But because men lack the experience and confidence , infant care training can help.
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They lacked confidence in their own values.
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But Pataki does not appear to lack confidence that he can create yet another success that other states would wish to emulate.
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We all worry about what other people think of us and being shy doesn't automatically mean we lack confidence .
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Yet the parents knew their children lacked confidence .
lose
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Meanwhile, prison conditions have deteriorated and the public has lost confidence in the criminal justice system.
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He was beginning to believe the coaches had lost confidence in him.
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I was beginning to lose confidence when suddenly I saw a small lane on the right.
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Employees themselves are losing confidence in the company, analysts said.
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It only takes a couple of players to have mediocre starts for them and they will be down there and lose confidence .
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Even this great cathedral will become a museum and mausoleum the day we lose our confidence in the resurrection.
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He couldn't draw properly, he lost confidence and floundered horribly.
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It just fell apart once they had lost confidence in him.
regain
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Perhaps, if he stays, he will never regain the confidence of the City.
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This program enables patients to regain the confidence that they have lost in their ability to sleep.
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It will take the dotcoms some time before they regain investor confidence .
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When investors looked more calmly during the weekend at what he actually said, they regained some of their confidence .
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It was a long time after that before I regained my confidence .
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Smith, on the other hand, was isolated in a country just beginning to regain its mathematical confidence .
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He took 6 months to regain his confidence that we weren't going to hit him.
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The ERCs provide short courses for men and women who need help in regaining their confidence and fitness for work.
restore
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The probe was aimed at restoring public confidence in the service, she said.
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Clinton offered no new measures to restore confidence in globalization and open trade.
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However an attempt was made to restore confidence in it by what is now section 184.
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Hearing him in action restores her confidence in his abilities.
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The Silver Sabre has restored my confidence and I consider it to be one of the best machines that I have used.
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He took over after the disastrous administration of Manoj Vyas and restored confidence in county government and stability to county employment.
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The various plans failed to restore the confidence of either foreign banks or foreign investors.
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This last item did much to restore the confidence that seemed to have deserted me in the previous few months.
shake
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Such an examination could shake some of the confidence that built in 1995.
share
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There is nothing magical or mystical about the process, and the results are shared in strictest confidence .
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It is a shame that some of the gloom and doom-mongers in this country do not share that confidence .
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See our useful links below for confidence-boosting websites and share your confidence tricks online.
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I do not share the confidence of the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands, East in investment incentives.
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The two men share confidences , for they both have equal vested interests in the sport.
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If it is shared then trust and confidence will grow between the manager and his subordinate.
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Dougal wished he could share his confidence .
show
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Pity he hadn't shown such confidence before.
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It was great the coaches showed some confidence in me.
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Each demonstration this week has shown an increase in confidence which it will now be very difficult to stop.
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Bradstreet survey released today showed business confidence slumped to its lowest level in more than three and a half years.
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This is a young team and it is really important for the coaches to show we have confidence in them.
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The use of the blackboard showed confidence .
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A report showing falling business confidence lifted hopes that slowing economic growth will prompt the Bundesbank to cut rates soon.
speak
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If they do suspect some one or know some one fitting the description, speak to us in confidence and we will investigate it.
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She speaks with the confidence of a woman who has worked hard to make a new life for herself.
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If anyone may speak with confidence , it is Mr Otsason.
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Outwardly calm, he masks his feelings behind a demeanor of indifference and spoken confidence .
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We speak with relative confidence about our own group.
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Morton, he realized, spoke with the confidence of the man who tapped the phones.
undermine
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Don't undermine the patient's confidence by accusing him of not trying when he can not fulfil a task.
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When we do this, we undermine the confidence and competence of our citizens and communities.
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She did not mean to be swayed by Cobalt's defence of Maurin, and yet he had undermined her confidence .
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Proof that fake Dalís are circulating and fears of further problems could continue to undermine confidence in this market.
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This may need to be supported by actual action likely to undermine public confidence in the exchange.
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Some were less overtly overbearing, but no less effective in undermining their colleagues' confidence .
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It would also be an offence to cause suspicion or undermine the confidence of the people.
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Overinvestigation or repeated testing without substantial indication undermines the patient's confidence in the doctor's conclusions.
win
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She was still trying to win the woman's confidence .
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No stormy preacher, President Witherspoon quietly won the confidence of his colleagues.
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His technique was to win women's confidence with his charm, and to offer them a spiked drink.
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Still, associating with our most crooked modern president is not a way to win public confidence , nor an election.
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But Annabelle/Steven won the woman's confidence .
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Nothing could make clearer the way in which Madame Phan had won his confidence .
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Graham knows his defender should be learning his trade by the occasional appearance in a winning team to breed confidence .
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He was trusted by Dorman-Smith and increasingly he won the confidence of Aung San.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
breach of confidence/trust
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He has insisted that to name them publicly would be a breach of confidence.
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No breach of confidence was alleged but there was said to be a contract not to publish before the report.
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Opinions were expressed openly and freely without any breach of confidence.
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She and the company's chairman, Weng You-ming, were being sued for breach of trust in the sale.
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Such a breach of confidence could rebound in all sorts of directions.
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There is no liability for breach of confidence if consent is obtained.
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They say any breach of trust has been offset by his attempts to set things right.
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You may prefer not to do so because of the risk of breach of confidence or discrimination.
crisis of confidence
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During the Middle Ages society suffered, as much as anything else, from an acute and prolonged crisis of confidence.
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It is a crisis of confidence and purpose.
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It was not just the veto which caused a crisis of confidence: every member had the right to blackball an applicant.
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Lack of up to date knowledge leading to a potential crisis of confidence.
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Ominously, however, this confidence-promoting institution is itself undergoing a crisis of confidence.
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Postmodernism's crisis is the crisis of confidence in the function of art and culture at the end of the twentieth century.
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The slightest crisis of confidence can threaten the survival of the banking system and the health of the whole economy.
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This talk about a crisis of confidence in the City is overdone.
crush sb's hopes/enthusiasm/confidence etc
put your faith/trust/confidence in sb/sth
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Can she put her faith in the people who oversaw her career before?
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Events that happen previously show us that Atticus is a person that we can put our trust in.
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He put his faith in the genius of individuals.
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None the less, geophysicists continue to look, continue to put their faith in ghosts of a sort.
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Others put their faith in camphor.
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She was putting her trust in the wrong people again.
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The Profitboss puts his trust in his people.
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The unfortunate crew of Tai Ki had put their faith in several coats of tung oil, to no effect.
shake sb's confidence/beliefs etc
worm your way into sb's affections/heart/confidence etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"We have the confidence to beat Brazil," said Sampson.
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After the accident it took a long time before she had the confidence to get back in a car again.
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I later learned there were some confidences Richard hadn't shared with me.
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I went into the test full of confidence , but it was more difficult than I had imagined.
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It's obviously very important to build up the consumer's confidence in our product.
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Opinion polls show that the voters have lost confidence in the administration.
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The agency works hard to increase public confidence so that people are not afraid to report racist incidents.
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The country's highly respected Finance Ministry is facing a crisis of confidence that will be difficult to reverse.
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The key thing about being a quarterback is that you have to show confidence and lead the team.
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The new president has the confidence and backing of all of the leaders of the surrounding states.
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You need patience and confidence to be a good teacher.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A professional golfer tries to pull off a confidence trick against his own body.
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An obligation of confidence can arise through contract, either express or implied.
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As a result I know I developed much more confidence in my ability and I've pushed my grades up.
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At the present uncertain stage in the economic cycle, the commodity most urgently lacking is confidence .
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She sensed his waiting for her confidence , but knew he would never pressure her into saying anything she would rather not.
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That confidence was echoed by Peter Scudamore when I spoke to him at Towcester yesterday.