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NERVE

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nerve I. substantiv

1. nerv;

the optic nerve nervul optic;

(fam.) to have iron nerves, to have nerves of steel a avea nervi de fier / oţel;

(fam.) fit of nerves atac / criză de nervi;

to be in a state of nerves a fi într-o stare de nervi, a fi enervat, a avea nervi;

she is all nerves e foarte nervoasă;

he does not know what nerves are e totdeauna calm, îşi păstrează totdeauna sângele rece;

to get on smb.'s nerves a enerva pe cineva, a-l călca pe nervi;

this child gets on my nerves copilul acesta mă enervează / mă irită / mă scoate din sărite;

noise that gets on the nerves zgomot care te enervează / care te irită / care te sâcâie.

2. forţă musculară, putere, vigoare, energie;

to strain every nerve to do smth. a-şi aduna / a-şi încorda toate puterile spre a face ceea; a se strădui din toate puterile să facă ceva;

a man of nerve and sinew un om viguros / cu muşchi de fier.

3. curaj, siguranţă, sânge rece, îndrăzneală; (fam.) obrăznicie, neruşinare;

to lose one's nerve a-şi pierde sângele rece; a avea trac;

his nerve failed him i-a lipsit curajul;

to have the nerve to a avea îndrăzneala / curajul să;

(pop.) you have got a nerve! / some nerve! tare mai eşti neruşinat / neobrăzat!

4. (bot.) nervură.

5. (anat.) muşchi, tendon.

nerve II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a întări, a fortifica.

2. a îmbărbăta, a încuraja.

nerve II. verb B. reflexiv

a-şi aduna curajul; a se înarma cu curaj / cu sânge rece;

to nerve oneself to make a speech a-şi lua inima în dinţi să ţină o cuvântare;

she cannot nerve herself to accepting his offer nu are curajul să-i accepte propunerea.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Since I have been in that altered position, I have strained every nerve, I have exerted every energy, to improve it.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Well, I have fairly steady nerves, as you know, Mr. Holmes, but I give you my word, that I got a shake when I put my head into that little house.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It has been a long evening, and I don’t think my nerve is as good as it was.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Shocked as Captain Harville was, he brought senses and nerves that could be instantly useful; and a look between him and his wife decided what was to be done.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

By degrees, I remember, a stronger light pressed upon my nerves, so that I was obliged to shut my eyes.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

"The child ought to have change of air and scene," he added, speaking to himself; "nerves not in a good state."

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

It is evidently trying to your nerves.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My nerves are fairly proof, Watson, but I must confess to a start when I saw the very man who had been so much in my thoughts standing there on my threshhold.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is better to be disappointed and worried in such a way now than to have her nerve broken.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I mean that this load of ourn is gettin' on your nerves, an' that you're beginnin' to see things.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

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