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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If Republican majorities cannot pluck up the courage to challenge a cartel of interior designers when Florida's unemployment rate is more than 10%, what hope has America?

如果共和党多数派不能鼓起勇气来挑战室内设计师的卡特尔，那么佛罗里达州的失业率将会超过10%。美国能指望什么呢？

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In times of difficulty we must not lose sight of our achievements, must see the bright future and must pluck up our courage.

我们在困难的时候，要看到成绩，要看到光明，要提高我们的勇气。

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But will the politicians pluck up the courage to reform the system?

ECONOMIST: To have and to hold

She could not pluck up the courage to complain and Phillips, who lived in the Gower village of Crofty, thought he had got away with it.

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