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3 +2 | get all wound up ///excited/high-strung/restless |
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get all wound up ///excited/high-strung/restless Explanation: "Winding" has a direct connection "to turning" (nakręcać się). cccccc all wound up Very tense and/or nervous. Jittery. A: "Why is Don pacing?" B: "I think he's all wound up because he's next to get a performance review." https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/all wound up cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc very worried, nervous, or angry: She gets pretty wound up before a game. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/wound... ccccccccccccccccc nervous or excited Don't get the kids all wound up. The crowd was wound up when the band came on stage. http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/wound up |
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