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  • 101nervous wreck — nervous wrecks N COUNT If you say that someone is a nervous wreck, you mean that they are extremely nervous or worried about something. She was a nervous wreck, crying when anyone asked her about her experience …

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  • 102(a) tempest in a teapot — American a situation where people get very angry or worried about something that is not important. The whole affair is just a tempest in a teapot. In a couple of months everyone will have forgotten about it. (not used with the) …

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  • 103feverish — adjective 1 suffering from a fever: feeling feverish | Her cheeks looked hot and feverish. 2 very excited or worried about something: They waited in a state of feverish anxiety for their mother to come home. | feverish activity/preparations/haste …

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  • 104panic button — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms panic button : singular panic button plural panic buttons an object that you press to send a signal to someone, for example the police, to tell them that you need help • press/push the panic button informal to… …

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  • 105hardly dare (to) breathe — phrase to feel extremely nervous or worried about something that is happening or is going to happen We waited for her to jump, hardly daring to breathe. Thesaurus: to worry or feel nervous about somethingsynonym Main entry: dare …

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  • 106Paranoid Park (film) — Infobox Film name = Paranoid Park caption = Theatrical release poster director = Gus Van Sant producer = Charles Gilbert Neil Kopp writer = Blake Nelson (novel) Gus Van Sant starring = Gabe Nevins Taylor Momsen Scott Patrick Green cinematography …

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  • 107airily — air|i|ly [ˈeərıli US ˈer ] adv in a way that shows you are not worried about something or do not think it is serious ▪ I don t really care, he replied airily …

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  • 108relieved — re|lieved [rıˈli:vd] adj feeling happy because you are no longer worried about something →↑relief greatly/immensely/extremely etc relieved ▪ She looked immensely relieved when she heard the news. relieved to see/hear/know sth ▪ His mother was… …

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  • 109neurotic — neu|rot|ic1 [ nu ratık ] adjective 1. ) MEDICAL suffering from neurosis 2. ) extremely worried about something unimportant in a way that does not seem reasonable to other people ╾ neu|rot|i|cal|ly [ nu ratıkli ] adverb neurotic neu|rot|ic 2 [ nu… …

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  • 110phew — [ fju ] interjection SPOKEN used for showing that you feel hot, tired, or no longer worried about something: Phew, that s a relief! …

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