- Nervous, on edge
- Uptight
- Anxious
- Jittery
- Jittery about being close to drop-off point
- Nervous
- Nervous when on border
- Nervously irritable
- Originally nervous eating dodgy goanna eggs
- Alternative (coll)
- Anxious
- Anxious inside abandoned gym
- Irritable
- Irritable; nervous
- Jittery
- Jumpy
- Anxious
- Anxious about being sent off east
- Anxious to flex muscles
- Become rigid
- Brace (oneself)
- Cliffhanging
- Contract specifies time for activity
- edgiest
- Most taut
- Most uptight