Bear
Bear verb - Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
Usage example: I cannot bear his constant criticism
Let and bear are semantically related in permission topic. In some cases you can use "Let" instead a verb "Bear", when it comes to topics like make.
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- Though somewhat hard to pin, his stoicism, bitterness, inability to let go, and the fact that he has no qualms about beating the ever-living daylights out of a ten-year-old girl make him rather a grumpy bear.
Source: Grumpy Bear / Anime and Manga -
Animated Adaptation: The Animation series Sharky And The Bear Animated Series is an adaptation of the day to day life of Sharky and the Bear and also the jokes that they make in their let's plays and other commentaries.
Source: Lets Play / Sharky And The Bear -
The kid didn't have any bear coins, but Bazaar liked him and let him pay in "Rupees" instead.
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