stress

A2Academic AWL-4Frequent NGSL-2
UK /stres/US /stres/

Meaning

noun
pressure or worry caused by problems in somebody’s life or by having too much to do
emotional/mental stress
verb
to give extra force to a word or syllable when saying it
You stress the first syllable in ‘happiness’.

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Physiologically, there also are differences on two key hormones: testosterone, which is the dominance hormone, and cortisol, which is the stress hormone.

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like, a lot of things that cause great stress to people.

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Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression.

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Physiologically, there also are differences on two key hormones: testosterone, which is the dominance hormone, and cortisol, which is the stress hormone.

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