Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
понадобилась смелость
English translation:
this took considerable guts/courage
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2013-06-16 07:54:21 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Russian term
Honesty and accuracy
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
, Azerbaijani
Works in: English to Russian, Azerbaijani to Russian, Ukrainian to Russian, and 10 more.
понадобилась смелость
брошюра об истории и политике
| 4 +4 | this took considerable guts/courage |
Mark Berelekhis
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| 3 +2 | it did take some / quite a lot of / courage |
Fernsucht
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| 4 | this requires/necessitates a great deal of courage |
Ellen Kraus
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Non-PRO (1): MariyaN (X)
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Proposed translations
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
this took considerable guts/courage
it did take some / quite a lot of / courage
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Maria Popova
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Спасибо
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Oleg Lozinskiy
: Imho, in the history of humanity there have been very few instances when politicians demonstrated 'courage'. Usually they demonstrated 'guts'.
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| agree |
LilianNekipelov
: I agree.
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Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
this requires/necessitates a great deal of courage
www.agsconsulting.com/htdbv5/r5329.htm
By our daily experiences the Lord is testing us. We must be on guard to overcome the flesh. It requires a great deal of courage to fight down
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Oleg Lozinskiy
: Imho, when speaking about politics (not the Lord testing us) the word "courage" can be applied to the very few instances throughout the history of "humanity".
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