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Console Sb Sb/Yourself Consoled Bre /Kənˈsəʊl/Name /Kənˈsoʊl/Verb Give Comfort Sympathy

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to give comfort or sympathy to sb who is unhappy or disappointed comfort
~ sb/yourself Nothing could console him when his wife died.
 She put a consoling arm around his shoulders.
~ sb/yourself with sth Console yourself with the thought that you did your best.~ sb/yourself that… I didn't like lying but I consoled myself that it was for a good cause.~ sb + speech ‘Never mind,’ Anne consoled her.

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