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Meanings of possession in английском
русский
владение мячом каталонский
possessió 
каталонский
força de voluntat The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.
Synonyms
Examples for "willpower"
Examples for "willpower"
1
It doesn't only demand enormous power -but even greater willpower too.
2
Kelly was no slouch when it came to good sense and willpower.
3
That said; it may take a lot of willpower to step away!
4
His reflexes were good, but without willpower they just made him flinchy.
5
Feel better and get more done by mastering the power of willpower
1
She wanted him: his power and his grim self-control, his beautiful voice.
2
The Committee stress in the strongest terms the duty of moral self-control.
3
Marco would have started but for his long training in exterior self-control.
4
The fifth set was an epic duel of will power and self-control.
5
And the girl on the bed had the advantage of absolute self-control.
1
All the self-possession and promptitude of the Indians returned in a moment.
2
Lacheneur saw the snare; he regained his self-possession as if by magic.
3
He soon recovered his self-possession, and took measures against the general peril.
4
The movement to the supper-table gave Emily time for reflection and self-possession.
5
I am calm because I see the need of self-possession and reflection.
1
You could say that the down trains will power the up ones.
2
The fifth set was an epic duel of will power and self-control.
3
In will power, in mere spasms of earnestness, there is no salvation.
4
Frederick had never been in greater need of all his will power.
5
Not one drunkard in a hundred has will power to cure himself.
1
Still his bravery and self-command prevented anything in the nature of murmuring.
2
Clear eyesight and self-command are in some degree impaired by it always.
3
He was too accustomed to self-command to forget himself in this presence.
4
He gripped the arms of the chair fiercely, trying to gain self-command.
5
His self-command is the most admirable worldly thing I have ever seen.
1
It needs much discipline and watchfulness; it excludes all self-will and selfishness.
2
Johnson asserted the power of intellect and self-will over mind and body.
3
There is music in heaven, because in music there is no self-will.
4
In this case, the bondage of self-will is found to be absolute.
5
There was neither self-will, perverseness, nor antagonism, in this; but paralysis instead.
Usage of possession in английском
1
Challenge from Hetherington was fair in normal course of competition for possession.
2
It gave Utah State possession at the New Mexico State 24-yard line.
3
Perhaps they explain all cases of what used to be called possession.
4
Singer George Michael was today charged with possession of cannabis, police said.
5
Finally one may, among all these, cite a clear case of possession.
6
A possession from him does remain; widely scattered; yet attainable; not inconsiderable.
7
The following year he was fined for possession of an illegal weapon.
8
Ross has previously been arrested for marijuana possession, according to media reports.
9
The enemy are in possession of the heights of Fredericksburg in force.
10
Was he perhaps in possession of ruinous information about those in power?
11
For three days the conflagration remained alone in possession of the capital.
12
The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 found the French still in possession.
13
His teams value possession, waiting and waiting for an opportunity to arise.
14
The Global Times, a Communist party-run tabloid, said China's players dominated possession.
15
He has been charged with possession of a controlled substance, police said.
16
Only seven people have been imprisoned this year for possession of marijuana.
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Translations for possession
португальский
Possession through the time
Possession across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
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