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| Russian | English |
| набраться смелости | find the balls to do something (Abysslooker) |
| набраться смелости | work up the nerve (Ruwshun) |
| набраться смелости сделать что-либо, значительно потрудиться | work one's way up to it (slowly build courage to do something; slowly work towards a particular position. Most people have to work their way up to jumping out of an airplane! Hvoya) |