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bring oneself to
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・ Hetti couldn't bring herself to sell her late father's farm. ヘティーは亡くなった父親の農場を売る気になれなかった。

centerpiece 目玉的存在、中央にあるもの、最も重要なもの、最重要項目、最大の呼び物
・ The centerpiece of the Academy Awards is the selection of Best Picture. アカデミー賞の目玉は最優秀作品賞の選考だ。

. The British prime minister has made reducing African poverty the centrepiece of his presidency of the G8.

hard-nosed 【形】 鼻っ柱の強い、押しの強い、厳格な、非情な、不屈の、片意地な、頑固な、手堅い
・ Bob's hard-nosed business attitude sometimes brings anger from our customers. ボブの鼻っ柱の強い仕事への態度は、時々、顧客に反感を生む。

In theory, aid can be used to encourage political reform, but critics question whether donor nations will really be sufficiently hard-nosed to crack down on countries that go astray.