1. pluck
expertly plucked eyebrows
it must have taken a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked ‘Danger’
Birds pluck out their feathers. He plucked the letter from my hand. He was plucked from obscurity to star in the film.
Not unless he wanted to pluck up the courage
To pluck a chicken.
Gary has to pluck a whole lot of thorns out of his leg every time he trips over the rosebush.
The last passengers were plucked from the ship just seconds before it sank.
He leaned down and plucked the red rose.
And their response, of course, was no more than we wanted to stop the genocide and put our troops in harm’s way to do that, nor do we now want to get in the way and pluck genocidaires from camps.
She gave a pluck at my elbow.
Or would I were a little burnish'd apple For you to pluck me, gliding by so cold, While sun and shade your robe of lawn will dapple, Your robe of lawn, and your hair's spun gold.
2. mettle
There's nothing like close combat to test one's mettle.
the competition will test her mettle
3. courage
Face adversity with courage.
I plucked up the courage and confessed that it was all my fault.
The lion is often used as a symbol of courage.
Anyone who really wishes to apply themselves to the freedom of mankind must have the courage to face the truth, regardless how bitter it may be.
To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true.
The teacher often emphasizes that students should have courage.
Aristotle said: "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others."
Your courage will come out in a crisis.
His courage impressed me enough for me to trust him.
His courage will carry him through this difficult job.
What I looked up to in Shota was not his 'strength'. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.
My courage failed me at the crucial moment.
Old and crippled, he had courage enough to do the work.
Even though I really want to know his name, I don't have enough courage, and I'm afraid to go ask.
Had it not been for your courage, we would have been killed.