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For six months I've been trying to work up the nerve to ask her to marry me, but I'm afraid all she'll do is laugh.

"I began slowly but surely to work up to the idea that we were part of the history of business in Tanzania. "

He brings his ideas back to his studio to work up into water colors and then oils, with which he just started to experiment.

work up the nerve I've been trying to work up the nerve to ask her to marry me, but I'm afraid all she'll do is laugh.

D. s at Seagate to work up still more exotic recording systems to make it a reality.

For others, it is preferable to work up to the most severe trauma gradually or by taking the trauma one piece at a time (desensitization).

I'm finally able to work up a head of steam about my new project after the long vacation.

But if you give yourself half an hour to calm down, you may finally be able to work up the nerve to approach someone.

At least 30 minutes a day of physical activity, enough to work up a sweat, can also help.

The distance between soul and mask is maintained by a lengthy apprenticeship to work up their silences into a proper duel.

Stop worrying. Let's go, I'm ready to work up a sweat!

You may have to work up to the time demands by conditioning your body.

Now, when I get ready to work up my Forecast for 1936, I will consider all of these cycles.

You might have to work up your mileage slower than you want to.

There's nothing like a slaughter to work up a big appetite, so the pharaoh returns to his palace for some lunch.

And I made my emotional preparation. An effective agent has to work up a powerful dislike for the target.

An attempt has been done to disclose concurrent points to work up the best obstetrics health care model after 2000 year.

Since then the world economy has plunged into recession and governments have had time to work up their plans.

Bart Cameron is an impatient man and he gets most impatient when he has to work up his income tax.

It took the company some years to work up so good a market.

Then what you suggest the official communication channels do if they decide to work up?

I frown at the page and try to work up my nerve, annoyed with my mother and National Geographic for reminding me how lucky I am.

It took Smith some years to work up a market for his products.

I'm hoping to work up these notes into a book.

But there is a temptation for enthusiasts to work up grand unifying theories about how the internet should be used.

She asked Mr Strauss-Kahn, a former finance minister, to work up an income-tax policy, only to ignore his conclusions.

It's so awkward to work up there that sometimes I even gave the injections right through their clothes.

Let's go out for a walk to work up an appetite.

When the bar comes down, I catch it in my teeth, bench press it 20 times to work up an appetite, and then make off with the cheese.

Learn how to "work up" your reaction using a separatory funnel to perform a liquid-liquid extraction.

I may have said that, or I may have just stood there not obeying and trying to work up another argument.

Eg. I have to make an effort to work up an appetite for reading.

You need to work up an appetite first , then we'll go to the buffet.