broad shoulders

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broad shoulders

The ability and/or willingness to accept multiple demands and responsibilities. You've got some broad shoulders, kid—I'm so impressed with how you're balancing schoolwork with being captain of the football team and student council president!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Clarisa	klah-REE-sah	Spanish
Rick	RIK	English
Giselle	zhee-ZEL (French), ji-ZEL (English)	French, English (Modern)
Hill	[hil]
Alejandro	ah-le-KHAHN-dro	Spanish
Hanna (1)	HAHN-nah (Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian), HAH-nah (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Dutch, Icelandic, Hungar