She tried to 'put on/up a brave face/front' [=she tried to appear brave or calm] despite the pain of the injury.
The company was slow to enter the 'brave new world' of computer technology.
I had to 'brave the elements' [=go out in bad weather] to get to work.
(..) of a huge taniwha coming “and only one boy being able to stand up to it. "He tried to warn everyone, but they wouldn't listen. "He convinced him to be brave enough to talk to them all. "That night, the boy nervously stood in front of the whole village, "told them that once (..)2014 The Dark Horse