mercredi 7 mai 2014

Notes on usage: Nervous

Neurotic - On edge - Jittery

 

These words ail describe people who are easily frightened or are behaving in a frightened way.

 

Nervous easily worried or frightened: She was of a nervous disposition. See also the entry for worried.
Neurotic not behaving in a reasonable, calm way, because you are worried about sth: She became neurotic about keeping the house clean.
On edge nervous or bad-tempered: She was always on edge before an interview.
Jittery (informal) anxious and nervous: All this talk of job losses was making him jittery.

 

PATTERNS
*a nervous/neurotic man/woman/girl
*to feel nervous/on edge/jittery
*a bit nervous/on edge/jittery

 

---------------------------------------------
Top Tips Abz Ingles - Notes on usage - Synonyms
---------------------------------------------

 

See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors Frequently confused words
Common Clichés Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition Lista de Términos Gramaticales

No te olvides de compartir esto con tus amigos y compañeros, hagamos de este blog una comunidad de difusión del Inglés como segundo idioma. Antes de irte deja tu comentario y haz clic en Me Gusta.

 

Aucun commentaire:

Enregistrer un commentaire