To be extremely anxious or tense.
极度焦虑或紧张。 (Jí dù jiāo lǜ huò jǐn zhāng.)
"Before the presentation, she was a bundle of nerves."
"在演讲之前，她是 一团神经。" (Zài yǎn jiǎng zhī qián, tā shì **yī tuán shén jīng**.)
to rest for a short while to relax
to start talking after a period of silence
the process has started and is progressing
to try to achieve something impossible
to examine a story or issue from every perspective
to remove an item from a list
