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What does come to terms mean?

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  1. to reach an agreement or settle a dispute.
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I find myself sat despondently at my desk, trying to come to terms with the fact that I actually have to work for living.
Taking a moment to come to terms with what had just happened, I recomposed myself and returned to my candelight supper, dazed but undaunted.
Like the ponderer of a Zen koan, the viewer must come to terms with this paradox.
Cleave is left facing a tragedy and having to come to terms with things failed and half done.
Will they ever come to terms with what was done in their names and, for the most part, with their tacit approval?
His dry humour and his lived-in face perfectly convey the hopelessness he feels as he tries to come to terms with his personal demons.

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