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noun

  1. Stamina

    fortitude, firmness, pluck; see endurance 2.

  2. *A nervous excitement

    strain, tension, hysteria, emotional stress, sleeplessness, neurasthenia; see also nervousness 1.

get on one's nerves*

exasperate, irritate, annoy; see bother 2, 3.

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