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1 pluck
1. verb1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) plokka; hnippa (í)2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) reyta3) (to pick (flowers etc).) tína4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) plokka5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) gripla, plokka2. noun(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) hugrekki- plucky- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
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2 fortitude
['fo:titju:d](courage and endurance: He showed great fortitude during his long illness.) hugrekki -
3 recognition
[-'niʃən]noun (the act or state of recognizing or being recognized: They gave the boy a medal in recognition of his courage; I said hello to him but he showed no recognition.) viðurkenning; kennsl
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