Eliot Schrefer

In my business - SAT tutoring - you get used to sighs. A client's mother frets over the sheer amount of work her daughter has to do to get her score up, until she reaches the resigned moment when she will sigh and observe that no one thought you could prepare for the SAT back when she took it - it was 'untutorable.

American Author

Deborah Mailman

If I look at the one thorn that is in my side, of all my life, it is my weight. I fret about it, I'm anxious about it, being an actor on television - it drives me insane. It just seems to be something that plays a central part in waking up in the morning and thinking, 'How am I with myself today?

Australian Actress

Kate Winslet

Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.

Actress

Mouni Roy

I don't believe in doing one thing after another. I am a bit lazy, laid back, and a happy-go-lucky person. I don't fret too much. I enjoy living in the moment. If I have too much, then I get confused and distressed.

Indian Actress

Jenny Zhang

Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.

Chinese Actress

Steve Wynn

In business or in life, focus on the things over which you do have some control. And don't fret about all the other problems. Most of the time, they don't come true anyway!

American Businessman

Steve Madden

I don't fret much about the natural life spans of shoe companies. If stores don't do the right things, they cease to exist, and that doesn't trouble me at all.

Mark Manson

Little things, when we're caught up and fretting about them, often appear to be big and meaningful and world-changing in the moment they are happening.

Shilpa Shetty

The best way to survive life is - never fret over what you don't get. There's a bigger plan for you.

George Bernard Shaw

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Irish Playwright

Used to express discomfort or worry, often about minor issues.

Emotional Tone

Common in everyday conversation to express personal concern or stress.

Casual Expression

Frequently used in negative situations or to discourage excessive worrying.

Negative Context

Describes the slow and often unnoticed wearing away of materials.

Physical Change

Often used to talk about natural erosion or damage over time.

Natural Processes

Refers to a decorative design that is repetitive and protruding.

Decorative Element

Used in architecture or woodworking to describe intricate patterns.

Architectural Detail

Specific to string instruments, indicating where to press the string.

Music Terminology

Even small movements along the fret can drastically change the pitch.

Instrument Precision

 Public speaking can threaten it. Before a speech, you fret, "What if people think I'm awful and I'm an idiot?" That fear of being seen as an awful idiot is a threat reaction from a primitive part of your brain that's very hard to control. It's the fight or flight response, a self-protective process seen in a range of animals,

The science of stage...

 Aristocrats at a cocktail party fret about the looming violence, but then change the topic to those things aristocrats always seem to care money, sex, and death. This first scene is indicative of the way the book bounces between the political and personal

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 That factor determines the fret spacing. Each fret divides the string's remaining length by 2^, making the frequencies increase by half steps. Fretless instruments, like violins, make it easier to produce the infinite frequencies between each note,

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 in our interconnected world, network breakdowns can cascade globally; air travel can spread pandemics worldwide within days; and social media can spread panic and rumor literally at the speed of light. We fret too much about minor hazards —

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 how they settle down we'll never Sally leaves them they fret I have to resist the temptation to offer comfort being cruel in order to be kind because if they are to survive in the world outside they must learn to cope on their own

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 very often, they invoke images of humanoid robots run amok. You know? Terminator? You know, that might be something to consider, but that's a distant threat. Or, we fret about digital surveillance with metaphors from the past.

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 they predicted the end of the world in just a few weeks time so if you've come out tonight and this is weighing heavily upon your minds fret not I intend to send you home reassured now all too often when we think of lost

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 See you on the other side. Bye bye. Cheers. TIM With Miriam analyzing my sample upstairs, I'm turned loose on the streets to fret over my count and the modern day phenomena

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 "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury

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