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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
What’s the verb?
Hi,
Could you, please, tell me what you call it when someone becomes so nervous in a situation (on an exam, for example) that they become ’frozen’ and are therefore unable to be themselves and to show what they know and what they are capable of?
Thank you!
Could you, please, tell me what you call it when someone becomes so nervous in a situation (on an exam, for example) that they become ’frozen’ and are therefore unable to be themselves and to show what they know and what they are capable of?
Thank you!
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Not all of these are verbs but they might be some alternatives: paralyzed with fear a paralyzing fear of test-taking test-taking anxiety test day panic test anxiety someone who is an excellent student but a poor test-taker
- Not all of these are verbs but they might be some alternatives: paralyzed with fear a paralyzing fear of test-taking test-taking anxiety test day panic test anxiety someone who is an excellent student but a poor test-taker
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Not all of these are verbs but they might be some alternatives:
paralyzed with fear
a paralyzing fear of test-taking
test-taking anxiety
test day panic
test anxiety
someone who is an excellent student but a poor test-taker
paralyzed with fear
a paralyzing fear of test-taking
test-taking anxiety
test day panic
test anxiety
someone who is an excellent student but a poor test-taker
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Thank you very much, Aerie! I love your expressions, they sound so real-life! 
May I ask if ’’to shut down’’, albeit a m
May I ask if ’’to shut down’’, albeit a m
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Absolutely! I would say that's a very descriptive choice of words! My brain certainly 'shuts down' when faced with any sort of math test!
And I would say you can use 'paralyzed' as long as you qualify it by using 'with fear' so that you convey the emotion rather than a physical paralysis...but that's only my humble opinion!
And I would say you can use 'paralyzed' as long as you qualify it by using 'with fear' so that you convey the emotion rather than a physical paralysis...but that's only my humble opinion!
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You can also use "freeze," or, more informally, "freeze up."
"I thought I was prepared for the exam, but when I say the first question /I just froze (up)/my mind just froze (up)."
"I thought I was prepared for the exam, but when I say the first question /I just froze (up)/my mind just froze (up)."
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