pride yourself on something
to feel proud about an achievement, skill, or special quality that you have
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To be confident or proud
congratulate yourself
to be proud of yourself for being successful or lucky
be a credit to someone
if you are a credit to someone connected with you, or if you do them credit, they should be proud of you
hug yourself
to feel very pleased with yourself
walk/stand tall
to feel proud and confident
hold your head up/high
to not be ashamed of yourself
face down
to appear strong and confident when someone is threatening or criticizing you
come out of your shell
to stop being shy and begin to confidently show your real character and feelings
breeze
verb
to go somewhere in a confident way, especially when you do not seem to care what other people think
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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