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つよがり

つよがり 強がり 虚勢 (an act [a show ] of ) brav do ; はったり (a ) bluff (複数 ~s ); 負け惜しみ sour /sáuə r / grapes (!イソップ物語から ) .▸ 強がりを言う say with bravado / be a lot of bravado about bluff / cry sour grapes .▸ 彼女の切り出した別れ話はただの強がり おどし だと彼は思った When she said she was going to leave him, he thought it was only a bluff .