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lose
Verb
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When you lose something, you don't know where it is.
The boy lost his book some place between home and school.
The man has lost his keys and was locked out of the house.
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In games, you lose when others do better than you.
He lost the card game because he didn't know the rules.
nerve
Noun
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A nerve is a cell in the body that sends signals. The brain is made of nerves.
She can't feel anything with this arm, and can't move her arm, because the nerves were cut in an accident.
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Nerve is confidence: a feeling of being able to do something.
He didn't have the nerve to ask her to dance.
You had a lot of nerve, saying that to me! Go away!