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Significats de tenterhook (tenterhooks) en anglès

Encara no tenim significats per a "tenterhooks".
Ús de tenterhooks en anglès
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A world on tenterhooks; Israelis and Palestinians await the word of Abraham.
The last testament
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He said this had left the players and club again on tenterhooks.
The Guardian
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World financial markets are on tenterhooks over when the Fed will taper.
Reuters
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She's on tenterhooks waiting to prove that I've made this monstrous mistake.
Solomon's oak: a novel
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I waited on tenterhooks; then I could bear the suspense no longer.'
Chatterbox, 1906
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For two long weeks the family at the Chase lived upon tenterhooks.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
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And then Saffy knew what it was that had Lucy on tenterhooks.
The distant hours
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You surely don't propose to keep us on tenterhooks all through dinner?
A Prince of Sinners
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But don't keep me on tenterhooks like this-tellme the name!-thename!
Marcella
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Melanoma New Zealand chief executive Linda Flay said patients were on tenterhooks waiting.
Radio NZ
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GC is on tenterhooks about her presentation to the board today.
The South African
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It was a wait that kept most South Africans on tenterhooks.
The South African
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The move had left pro-democracy activists in the city on tenterhooks.
Radio NZ
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As an actor you feel so tenuous and on tenterhooks all the time.
Reuters
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The country remains on tenterhooks to see if Cyril Ramaphosa or Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
The South African
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Acton said everyone was on tenterhooks and watching the rolling news coverage online.
Radio NZ
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