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Oxford 5000 vocabulary |B2|SPEAKING vocabularyWRITING vocabulary nerve /nɜːv $ nɜːrv/ noun
nerve verb
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پی، رشته عصبی، وتر، طاقت، قدرت، قوت قلب دادن، نیرو بخشیدن، روانشناسی: پی
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Synonyms & Related Words nerve[noun]Synonyms:- bravery, bottle
(Brit. slang), courage, daring, fearlessness, grit, guts
(informal), pluck, resolution, will
- impudence, audacity, boldness, brazenness, cheek
(informal), impertinence, insolence, temerity
[verb]Synonyms:- nerve oneself: brace oneself, fortify oneself, steel oneself
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionary I. nerve1 S3 W3 /nɜːv $ nɜːrv/
noun [
Word Family: adjective:
nervous,
nerveless,
nerve-racking,
nervy,
unnerving;
noun:
nerve, nerves,
nervousness;
verb:
nerve,
unnerve;
adverb:
nervously]
[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: nervus]
1. WORRIED FEELINGS nerves [plural] a) used to talk about someone being worried or frightened
sb’s nerves are on edge/in tatters/frayed (=someone feels very worried or frightened)calm/steady your nerves (=stop yourself feeling worried or frightened) Sean drank a large glass of brandy to calm his nerves.be a bundle/bag of nerves (=be extremely worried or frightened) I remember you were a bundle of nerves on your wedding day. b) the feeling of being worried or a little frightened:
A lot of people suffer from nerves before they go on stage. ‘What’s wrong with Rachel?’ ‘It’s just nerves. She’s got her driving test tomorrow.’exam/first-night etc nerves2. BODY PART [countable] nerves are parts inside your body which look like threads and carry messages between the brain and other parts of the body:
a condition which affects the nerves in the backtrapped nerve British English pinched nerve American English (=a nerve that has been crushed between two muscles etc, causing pain)3. COURAGE [uncountable] courage and confidence in a dangerous, difficult, or frightening situation
the nerve to do something Not many people have the nerve to stand up and speak in front of a large audience. She finally found the nerve to tell him she wanted a divorce. It takes a lot of nerve to report a colleague for sexual harassment.lose your nerve (=suddenly become very nervous so that you cannot do what you intended to do) Jensen would’ve won if he hadn’t lost his nerve.hold/keep your nerve (=remain calm in a difficult situation) It’s hard to keep your nerve when people keep interrupting you.4. get on sb’s nerves informal if someone gets on your nerves, they annoy you, especially by doing something all the time:
She’s always moaning. It really gets on my nerves.5. LACK OF RESPECT [singular] spoken if you say someone has a nerve, you mean that they have done something unsuitable or impolite, without seeming to be embarrassed about behaving in this way
Synonym : cheek:
He’s got a nerve asking for more money. ‘She didn’t say sorry or anything.’ ‘What a nerve!’have the nerve to do something She lets me do all the work, and then she has the nerve to criticize my cooking.6. touch/hit a (raw) nerve to mention something that makes someone upset, angry, or embarrassed, especially accidentally:
Without realizing, he had touched a raw nerve.7. nerves of steel the ability to be brave and calm in a dangerous or difficult situation:
The job requires nerves of steel. ⇒
strain every nerve at
strain2(6)
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocations nerve nounI. in the body ADJ. sensitive, trapped | facial, optic, spinal, etc. VERB + NERVE damage, strain, trap I've trapped a nerve in my spine. NERVE + VERB go, lead, run The nerve runs from the eye to the brain.
transmit sth The nerves transmit pain.
throb He lay awake, his nerves throbbing. NERVE + NOUN cell, end, ending, fibre, tissue | pathway | impulse | damage, injury | gas PREP. along a/the ~ The message travels along the nerve to the brain.
~ in He's been off work with a trapped nerve in his back.
~ to Cutting the nerves to the stomach does not affect hunger. PHRASES every nerve in sb's body Intense pain shot through every nerve in his body.
hit a nerve, touch a (sensitive/raw) nerve (figurative) My remarks about divorce had unwittingly touched a raw nerve. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
nerve II. nerves: mental state ADJ. good, steady | bad, frayed, ragged, shattered, taut At the end of a day's teaching, her nerves were absolutely shattered. VERB + NERVE stretch Her nerves were stretched to breaking point. NERVE + VERB be on edge After the bomb, my nerves were on edge.
jangle His nerves jangled every time the phone rang.
stand I'm not sure my nerves can stand another night like this. PREP. ~s for Skydiving is all right for people who've got the nerves for it. PHRASES a battle/war of nerves The union has been fighting a war of nerves with the management over pay.
get on sb's nerves His endless whining really gets on my nerves.
nerves of steel You need nerves of steel to be a good poker player.
a strain on sb's nerves Looking after him while he was so ill has been a great strain on her nerves. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
nerve III. nerves: nervous state ADJ. exam, first-night I've never suffered from first-night nerves. VERB + NERVE calm, control, soothe, steady She took a few deep breaths to calm her nerves.
suffer from PHRASES an attack of nerves I had an attack of nerves just before I went on stage.
a bag/bundle/mass of nerves By the time of the interview, I was a bundle of nerves. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
nerve IV. courage ADJ. sufficient VERB + NERVE have I didn't have the nerve to ask.
lack | lose At the last minute she almost lost her nerve.
keep He kept his nerve to win a thrilling match.
find You must find the nerve to ask for more money.
take It took a lot of nerve to stand up and speak. NERVE + VERB break, crack, fail (sb) At the last moment her nerve failed her. PHRASES a failure/loss of nerve, a test of nerve Singing in front of so many people was a real test of nerve. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
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