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提心吊胆

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提心吊胆

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Be on tenterhooks; be very anxious

Meaning

To be filled with anxiety and fear, constantly worried.

Meaning

To be filled with anxiety and fear, constantly worried.

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sich im Stich lassen de dépasser les attentes fr ਇਹ ਕੀ ਹੈ? pa Apagar el móvil. es 少废话 zh Å gjøre sitt beste. no όλα είναι ρευστά el 交水电费 zh aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen de play a game en Tko pjeva, zlo ne misli hr Мне не нравится ru ¡No hay tutía! es En voz baja es از صمیم قلب تشکر می‌کنم fa حواست هست؟ fa 안녕? ko 출신이 어디세요? ko From now on. en Hålla i gång sv Ich freue mich auf den Urlaub. de मुझे लिखना अच्छा लगता है hi normalement frais fr 지하철역이 어디인지 아세요? ko

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Polite Past Negative: ませんでした (masen deshita) — "I didn't..." ja Spanish Connectors: and, but, because (y, o, pero...) es Hindi Feminine Plurals: The 'ee' to 'yaan' Rule (-ियाँ) hi Telling Time: Quarter Hours (Viertel nach/vor) de Mastering Strategic Code (Balki & Varna) hi Idiomatic Compound Verbs: Beyond the Literal (zadan, kardan) fa Formal Prepositions: To Whom or Who To? (Pied-Piping) en Humble & Dismissive: ~Nanka and ~Nante (~なんか / ~なんて) ja I, You, It — Your First Pronouns en The Historic Present: Bringing the Past to Life (Presente Histórico) es Future Tense: sa- and sawfa (The 'Will' Prefix) ar Making Others Act: Direct vs. Indirect Causatives (-이/히/리/기- vs. -게 하다) ko Reporting Speech: 'He says that...' (Discours indirect) fr Spanish -ir Verbs in the Present: From Living to Ordering (Verbos -ir) es Persian Present Tense: How to Conjugate Verbs (می‌روم، می‌روی، می‌رود) fa Politely Saying 'I Can't' (～かねる) ja Arabic Past Tense: Actions Already Done (Al-Maadi) ar The Verb 'To Have' (haben): Possession & Feelings de

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