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Test your use of context by choosing the best definition of the word "nettle" in the sentence below.

It is difficult not to lose your patience when your classmates constantly nettle you by kicking the back of your chair or talking out of turn.

1. agitate or annoy
2. disrupt
3. upset

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I think number 1 makes more sense. What I do is I replaced nettle with annoy and it sounds better. I don't think im right though but, I tried
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The best definition of the word "nettle" in the sentence below is

1. agitate or annoy (by kicking the back of your chair (agitating) or talking out of turn (annoy)

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