summon up


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w>summon up

vt sep courage → zusammennehmen, zusammenraffen ; strength → aufbieten ; enthusiasm, energy → aufbieten, aufbringen ; sympathy, image, memories → heraufbeschwören ; summoning up all his strength he lifted it up → unter Aufbietung aller Kräfte hob er es hoch
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KASUR -- Two persons including a woman died at different places as they could not summon up the courage to bear sudden deaths of their relatives here the other day.
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But Carter can't summon up the nerve and instead turns the gun on KC and Shark.
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