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courageous English

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courageous

To be courageous is having courage (not being afraid). The warrior was very courageous.

courageous

(= brave) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring — Herman Melville a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain — William Wordsworth set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory

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Simple sentences

Tom isn't very courageous, is he?
I felt profound reverence for the courageous mother.
It is courageous of you to say such a thing.
Tales of her courageous deeds rang through the country.
You were courageous to tell the truth.
You're courageous.
You are very courageous.
You're very courageous.
The world belongs to the courageous.
Tom is courageous.
You are so courageous!
Isn't Tom courageous?
Are you courageous?

Movie subtitles

Having learned of your courageous endeavor to visit the land of the Bolsheviks, we are sending you some New York magazines that depict the barbarous state of Russia today.
Be courageous, Joan.
Not a very courageous person, our foreign friend.
We want this people to be peace-loving. but at the same time to be courageous.
And, perhaps, a cross section of you. despite the forced civility of this review of our Party. will return with courageous hearts to the days in which it was difficult to be a National Socialist.
You are courageous but you put me in a quandary.
Mrs. Crosbie killed a man, yes.. butundercircumstances where no courageous.. self-respectingwomanwouldhesitate for one instant to do the same thing.
I'm afraid you're making him sound like a very courageous man.
A very great and courageous man.
What one courageous moment can make.
Are you courageous?
Courageous?
Anyone who was strong, courageous and a dead shot.
Dear Max. Dear sentimental, generous, courageous Max Fabian, who took a chance on an unknown, untried amateur.
Those are the Ubangis. one of the most feared and courageous tribes.
Be courageous, Mademoiselle.
An educated young lady like you has to be courageous.
Yes, millions of Americans, men and women on the production line. to feed the supply lines to the courageous Americans. fighting on battle fronts all over the earth.
Despite countless, courageous, hard fought attempts many great researchers from all nations failed to accomplish this high goal.
A big, fine, black, courageous one.
Even to admit that you want to learn is in itself courageous.
Young, courageous.
A very courageous soldier. and a very popular gentleman, especially with the ladies.
I found this boy to be clean cut, courageous, resourceful honest, hardworking.
I think your father must have been as courageous as your mother was beautiful.
So that your every act and thought would seem just and courageous.
Dear listeners, it's been now eight days since the courageous balloonists sent their last message, and given their long silence, unfortunately, it now seems all hope is lost.
It's easy to be courageous in a dream.
But oh no, I've been courageous.
Dear sentimental, generous, courageous Max Fabian, who took a chance on an unknown, untried amateur.
The most outstanding of these newspaper people is, of course, Chuck Tatum, the courageous reporter who first made contact with Leo last Saturday.
You're a courageous woman.
No, I'm not courageous at all.
You are strong and courageous.
But the Monk-Emperor appreciated your courageous attitude and that of our brave warriors.

News and current affairs

Lagarde's apology was unprecedented, courageous, and wrong.
The most recent example is Turkey, where a courageous prime minister has confirmed the secular (rather than Islamist) rule of law, sought to modernize the economy, and has kept the military out of the Cabinet.
I do not believe that corruption is coming to light just because law enforcement is somehow better, or because citizens, like the presidential staff who accused President Katsav of sexual crimes and harassment, are more courageous.
These failures do not mean that most people around the world do not see eye-to-eye on these issues, or that they are unprepared to make timely, even courageous, decisions.
Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took a courageous step by withdrawing unilaterally from Gaza and dismantling the Israeli settlements there.
A few months ago, the European Commission tried its hand at resolving this problem with a courageous proposal to distribute refugees across member states according to a simple equation that accounts for population and GDP.
Germany had its turn at the head when hard money was the issue of the day; today it is trailing because the restructuring mode does not accord well with its traditions of pay without work and disciplined followers without courageous leadership.
How noble and courageous that sounds.
In the eyes of historians, President Jacques Chirac's redeeming value will most probably remain his courageous attempt to reconcile France's wounded minorities with their past and the French nation through a national process of repentance.
Their courageous calls fell on deaf ears; they now remain imprisoned.
One explanation of Scandinavia's strong performance is Sweden's courageous product market liberalization, the reduced generosity of Denmark's wage replacement system and the Nokia miracle in Finland.
The energy challenge that confronts Europe calls for an ambitious and courageous approach.
France and Germany are pursuing modest but nonetheless courageous reforms.
The future is full of potential, but only if we are smart enough - and courageous enough - to grasp it.
Sometimes we dissidents were not invited, but received an apology, and sometimes we were invited, but did not accept the invitation so as not to complicate the lives of our courageous diplomat friends.
A courageous Western leader might confront Myanmar's leaders with a threat that would really frighten them: deeper engagement.
Barack Obama, a wise and courageous leader, is - I have no doubt about it - not merely interested in improving America's image in the eyes of the Muslim world.
So, the argument goes, a courageous Tory government that cuts spending today spares citizens that future pain.
The courageous people of Burma, like people everywhere around the world, deserve what far too many of us take for granted.
First, courageous politicians and policymakers took on the challenge of designing crucial reforms and explaining their consequences to a public that was understandably wary.
Nonetheless, the child-liberation movement that Satyarthi, Yousafzai, and others have helped to mobilize is growing by the day, and new, courageous voices are speaking out against injustices that cannot be allowed to persist for another generation.
But, if he is, it could not have been revealed at a worse moment, precisely when he was intent on steering the country onto a new, courageous, and badly needed course.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has taken a courageous stance by receiving more than 700,000 asylum-seekers this year - 70 times the number the US has proposed accepting.
While their courageous supporters espouse tolerance and practice non-violence, they are overwhelmed by armed government forces who are willing to kill and die to retain power.
Consider the fate of one courageous exception to this rule.
Only courageous thinking and action will enable them to steer clear of the rocks.
If Netanyahu is ever to lead a historic reconciliation with the Palestinian people, he should start by endorsing a courageous, almost post-Zionist insight reflected in Dayan's 1956 eulogy.

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