take heart

take heart
(take heart (тж. книжн. lift up one's heart, take heart of grace))
мужаться, воспрянуть духом; собраться с духом, осмелеть; не унывать [lift up one's heart этим. библ. 2 Chronicles XVII, 6]

The peasants who at first shrunk from him in horror... took heart of grace as he got to a distance. (W. Scott, ‘Quentin Durward’, ch. VI) — Крестьяне, которые сперва в ужасе шарахались от него... по мере того как он удалялся от них, постепенно смелели.

I am better here than at Castello. Here I am at the centre of things, and I will take heart. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Making of Saint’, ch. XXXVIII) — Мне лучше находиться здесь, чем в Кастелло. Здесь я в центре событий и надеюсь, что унывать не буду.

‘You're perfect. Couldn't be nicer. Splendid!’ She took heart. ‘I wish your friends would think so.’ (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Titan’, ch. VI) — - Ты совершенство. Нельзя быть более очаровательной! Блистательна! Она воспрянула духом: - я бы хотела, чтобы твои друзья были того же мнения.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • take heart — verb gain courage (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑buck up • Hypernyms: ↑cheer, ↑hearten, ↑recreate, ↑embolden • Verb Frames: S …   Useful english dictionary

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  • take heart — {v. phr.} To be encouraged; feel braver and want to try. * /The men took heart from their leader s words and went on to win the battle./ * /When we are in trouble we can take heart from the fact that things often seem worse than they are./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take heart — {v. phr.} To be encouraged; feel braver and want to try. * /The men took heart from their leader s words and went on to win the battle./ * /When we are in trouble we can take heart from the fact that things often seem worse than they are./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take\ heart — v. phr. To be encouraged; feel braver and want to try. The men took heart from their leader s words and went on to win the battle. When we are in trouble we can take heart from the fact that things often seem worse than they are. Contrast: lose… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • take heart — verb be courageous; regain ones courage Take heart, help will arrive shortly and everything will be fine …   Wiktionary

  • take heart — have courage, be strong    When we had troubles, Grandpa said, Take heart, my children …   English idioms

  • take heart — to feel encouraged. The entire world should take heart that progress is being made in the effort to eliminate this disease …   New idioms dictionary

  • take heart — your cards and letters helped us to take heart Syn: be encouraged, be heartened, be comforted; cheer up, brighten up, perk up, liven up, revive …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • take heart (from something) — phrase to feel happier or less worried because of something The team took heart from an honourable draw. Thesaurus: to be, or to become happy or happiersynonym Main entry: heart * * * take ˈheart (from sth) …   Useful english dictionary

  • take heart of grace — (archaic) To pluck up courage (origin of ‘of grace’ uncertain) • • • Main Entry: ↑grace take heart of grace see under ↑grace • • • Main Entry: ↑heart …   Useful english dictionary


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