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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Tom begged her to pluck up hope again, and she said she could not.

汤姆求她再打起精神来，而她说她做不到。

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

我用了大约2个小时才鼓起勇气打电话。

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Admittedly, however, bank managers have yet to pluck up courage to lend more than token amounts to deserving non-state firms one reason why China's credit crunch has proved so persistent.

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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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