NERVES

[plural] [noun] [C] - worry or anxiety about something that is going to happenI never suffer from nerves when I'm speaking in public.She was a bundle of nerves (= very nervous) before the audition.I always have a cigarette to calm/steady my nerves (= make me less nervous) before I go on stage.If you get on someone's nerves you annoy them a lot.We really got on each other's nerves when we were living together.Please stop making that noise! It really gets on my nerves.