It took me about two hours to pluck up the courage to call.

大约两小时后我才鼓起勇气打了电话。

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"The squirrel took a lot of time to build up enough courage to snatch the nut," she said.

“松鼠花了很长时间才鼓起足够的勇气去抢坚果。”她说。

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"I commend Cy Vance for doing what is appropriate, but doing what I think took some great courage and personal integrity to stand up and say this case is not what we thought it was," he said.

我称赞Cy Vance律师是因为他做了恰当的事情，而且我认为他能够站出来说事情并非我们想的那样，这是需要极大的勇气的，这表明了他正直的人格。

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Last night my wife and I worked up our courage, loaded up the car, and took the kids out to another restaurant.

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