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1 tear one's hair
Instead of tearing her hair, crying and bemoaning herself, and fainting again, as many young women would have done, Rosalba remembered that she owed an example of firmness to her subjects... (W. Thackeray, ‘The Rose and the Ring’, ch. XIX) — Вместо того чтобы рвать на себе волосы, рыдая над своей горькой судьбой и снова упасть в обморок, как поступила бы на ее месте любая другая женщина, Розалба оставалась тверда, не проронив и слезинки. Она помнила, что должна быть для своих подданных образцом выдержки и силы духа...
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