My first performance in front of an audience was coming up soon. i tried as hard as i could to remain calm, but my heart was racing. I stared down at my sweat-covered , shaking hands. I looked up again at the audience, realizing that these were real people. They were not just my mum and dad, who would say, "Good job!" even if i messed up the entire piece. 4 the underlined phrase" mess up " in para 3 probably means---------.