That means to be nervous about having to do something, like speaking in front of a crowd.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

A crowd was gathered in front of a small wooden house by the river.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

A crowd of people were talking excitedly in front of a store.

VOA: special.2010.06.12

Next was his historic run of 57 shows before a nightly crowd of 2,000 in the International Hotel's lavish showroom.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

It's 9 A.M.in city courtroom 676 and already a crowd of people facing foreclosure have lined up for a chance to keep their homes.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

Renowned South African trumpeter, wowed the crowd with a rendition of Grazing in the Grass.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

In what critics deemed well-orchestrated political theater a controversial candidate abandoned further attempts to prevent arrest and turned himself in while a rowdy crowd of supporters cheered.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

Hours later in Peshawar, officials say an attacker in a parked car threw a grenade at a crowd of people outside the Askari Bank before exploding in the car.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

Tea Party Express organizer Amy Kremer addressed a crowd of several thousand people on Pennsylvania Avenue and predicted the movement would bring change to Washington in November's midterm congressional elections.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

In the course of one concert, we play for a larger live crowd than all but I think two or three orchestras in the entire country play for, over the entire year.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

(Speaking in Polish) On one of Warsaw's popular party streets, young people crowd into a bar where everything from the derelict retro furniture to propaganda posters is designed to remind you of the 1970s.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

Israel says its troops only used their pistols after they were attacked, and released a video showing soldiers in riot gear descending from a helicopter into a crowd of men with sticks and clubs.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03