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nerves

/ ɜː /

plural noun

  1. the imagined source of emotional control

    my nerves won't stand it

  2. anxiety, tension, or imbalance

    she's all nerves

  3. a very nervous person

  4. to irritate, annoy, or upset one

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Russell eased Bath nerves with a penalty but neither side could get into their flow in the midst of a stuttering start.

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There are no frayed nerves or screaming matches backstage before the Miami show... and no-one's on fire.

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I feel like if you don’t get nerves, that means you don’t care.

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This was the point when my nerves started to kick in because I was eager to get started.

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“It was definitely the cause of most of my nerves before I met Owen,” Doherty tells me.

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