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Nerves Fibres I Long Thin Transmit Messages Brain

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N_____ are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body.Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body.
...spinal nerves.
...in cases where the nerve fibres are severed.
word nerve
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noun
Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body.
...spinal nerves.
...in cases where the nerve fibres are severed.
If you refer to someone's nerves, you mean their ability to cope with problems such as stress, worry, and danger .
Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point.
I can be very patient, and then I can burst if my nerves are worn out.
You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension as nerves .
I just played badly. It wasn't nerves.
Nerve is the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous .
The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve.
He never got up enough nerve to meet me.
verb
If you nerve yourself to do something difficult or frightening, you prepare yourself for it by trying to be brave .
I nerved myself to face the pain.
inflections nervesnervingnerved
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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