See nerve on Wiktionary
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"text": "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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"text": "He didn't have the nerve to ask her to dance."
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"text": "You had a lot of nerve, saying that to me! Go away!"
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