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tenterhooks Noun, pl on tenterhooks in a state of tension or suspense [Latin tentus stretched + hook]
 Translationstenterhooks [ˈtɛntəhuks] npl on tenterhooks → sulle spine tenterhooks [ˈtentəhuks] to be uncertain and anxious about what is going to happen He was on tenterhooks about the result of the exam.op hete kole, is onseker oorكُلاّب لِشَد النَّسيج على مِشَدِّهна тръниbýt jako na skřipcipå pinebænkenwie auf glühenden Kohlen sitzenείμαι σε αναμμένα κάρβουναestar sobre ascuaspinevil olema, nagu tulistel sütel olemaمضطرب؛ بلاتکلیفkuin tulisilla hiilillächarbons ardentsלִהיוֹת בְּמֶתָחकांटों पर लेटनाbiti u neizvjesnosti, na mukamatűkön ülgelisahá nálum(essere sui carboni ardenti), (essere sulle spine)やきもきして걱정이 되다; 불안하다sėdėti kaip ant adatųbūt kā uz adatāmdlm kebimbanganongerust zijnsitte som på nålerobawiać się (o)em pulgas(ca pe) ghimpiмучительно ожидатьbyť napätýna trnihbiti kao na iglamaspännhake: sitta på helspänn, sitta som på nålarใจหายใจคว่ำendişeli bir bekleyiş içinde olmak, diken üstünde oturmak焦急不安的сидіти як на голкахمعلقlo sốt vó焦急不安的 |
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They wanted to know whether she, whom I expected to see, was dark or fair; whether that fascination which kept me on tenterhooks of expectation was one of my aristocrats or one of my marine beauties: for they knew I had a footing in both these - shall we say circles? Or was he perhaps, in an intense dislike for the job, beating about the bush and only puzzling Captain Anthony, the providential man, who, if he expected the girl to appear at any moment, must have been on tenterhooks all the time, and beside himself with impatience to see the back of his brother-in-law. |
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