act of courage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactandcourage
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act
noun
uk/ækt/us/ækt/
something that ...
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courage
noun[U]
uk/ˈkʌr.ɪdʒ/us/ˈkɝː.ɪdʒ/
the ability to control your fear in a dangerous or ...
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(Definition ofactandcouragefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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His very act of going to the hospice was anactofcouragebecause he thought that there his family could more completely deal with his loss and their bereavement.
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That was anactofcourageand wisdom.
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For them, this was anactofcourage.
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In itself this is anactofcourageand of confidence.
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Was it anactofcourage, as suggested?
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All it requires is anactofcourageand vision.
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It has been anactofcouragethat they have been able to co-operate together.
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They must be assured that thatactofcouragehas due reward, because surely the crux of any peace is effective government.
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It was not anactofcourage; it was an act of abdication of their responsibilities for proper conservation measures.
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That was a very greatactofcourage.
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If he had moved to strike out a great many millions on housing, that would have been anactofcourage.
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That was anactofcourageon their part.
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It shows it is anactofcourageon his part to have taken it in hand at all.
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It is a greatactofcourageand a great act of faith.
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It was a smallactofcourage.
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They must—here we reach an inevitable cliché—have a leap of the imagination and anactofcouragein which personal reputations do not matter because peace does.
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His resignation, which might have jeopardised his future, thus causing him to resign entirely from public life, was hailed by historians as anactofcourage.
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That was a greatactofcourage.
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Thatactofcourageand high seamanship is typical of the fishermen and skippers up and down our coasts who serve our country courageously and well in war and peace.
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It was not awarded for any specialactofcourageor merit.
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