He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the job.
他仍紧张不安地等待着主任们对他的工作作出的决定。
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We were kept on tenterhooks for hours while the judges chose the winner.
我们坐立不安了好几个小时,等着裁判们决定获胜者.
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We began to save toward the trip north, plotting our time, setting tentative dates for departure.
我们开始攒钱上北方, 我们计划着时间, 暂时走出启程的日期.
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I see Draeni ( who I predicted ) who now look like blue handsome tentacle people.
我看到了这些德莱尼人 ( 我已经预测到了是这样 ),他们看起来是群长着触须的蓝皮肤帅哥和美女.
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Or they can dress formally and speak formally, showing their tenseness.
反过去时来,着装正式,说话彬彬有礼, 说明心态紧张.
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Her darling boy was to come back to her repentant and tender-hearted.
她的宝贝孩子即将怀着悔罪和体贴的心回到她的身边.
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The tendrils at the ends move with a life of their own, straining to be joined.
两人神经末梢的卷须如同有生命一般飘动着.
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