Meaning of 'nerve' in Xhosa is: umthambo-luvo

nerve: umthambo-luvo

Noun:

umthambo-luvo, emsipheni, isibindi, ubukhalipha, ukholo, intliziyo, amandla, qhuba, zizicatshulwa, obutsha, engqondweni, isihlunu.

Verb:

okubheka, umthambo-luvo, hlaziya.

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Noun(1) any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body,the courage to carry on,impudent aggressiveness,daring,boldness(2) any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body(3) the courage to carry on(4) impudent aggressiveness(5) daring(6) boldness
Verb(1) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant,strengthen,hearten(2) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant(3) strengthen(4) hearten

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(1) He has kept his nerve and picked a difficult policy area - you could say the most difficult for a modern Labor leader - in which to take on the government.(2) He says he chose Shakespeare's earliest comedy because u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510you slightly lose your nerve with Shakespeareu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb in such a hiatus.(3) Well, the immaculately turned-up students and executives of the hospitality industry kept their nerve .(4) I am so angry they even had the nerve to appeal in the first place.(5) All sights, all things which are Lhasa's own beauty and peculiarity, would have to be seen by the lone woman explorer who had had the nerve to come to them from afar, the first of her sex.(6) So at this precise moment where others would lose their nerve , bottle and audience, he did what separates mere amateurs from The Greats like himself.(7) Yes, he actually said u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510disassembleu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb - and then had the nerve to be snotty about it and define it.(8) In any case, I figure he is due the embarrassment given that he had the nerve to compare my beloved Moleskine to his dollar-notebook.(9) Now nerve yourself for the revelations in his latest diary.(10) he kept his nerve and won five games in a row(11) I haven't had the nerve to tell her I'm also crushing on him.(12) Sean Kavanagh, having been quite for long periods, came good in the closing minutes and kept his nerve to kick the levelling point.(13) While the 34-year-old golf unknown kept his nerve on a tough final day at Rochester, the shakers and movers of world golf crumbled behind him.(14) I'm glad someone had the nerve to write what they really think.(15) Silence roared between them until he finally got up the nerve .(16) She actually had the nerve to be sarcastic with me this morning, which meant I said goodbye immediately to ms-nice-woman personality.