nerve
/nɝv/ sustantivo B2En español: nervio, coraje, descaro, frescura
- A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics. · The nerves can be seen through the skin.
- A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood. · Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves.
- Courage; boldness; audacity; gall. · He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.· He hasn't the nerve to tell her he likes her.
- Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude. · The web-team found git-sed is really a time and nerve saver when doing mass changes on your repositories
- One's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche. · All these rationalizations for asinine behavior are getting on my nerves.· His nerves could no longer handle the worry.
- Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions. · Ellie had a bad case of nerves before the big test; she was a bundle of nerves.
- The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.
- A particular simplicial set constructed from a category.
Plural nerves
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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It had also been noted and commented upon by a few observant people that there were signs sometimes of some nerve-strain upon the part of Mrs.
Inside was a beautiful stretch of lawn with an old sundial in the middle, the whole effect so soothing and restful that it was welcome to my somewhat jangled nerves.
“I keep a bull pup,” I said, “and I object to rows because my nerves are shaken, and I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy.
I saw my own comrades hacked to pieces at Maiwand without losing my nerve.”
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