1. tension
Cold-war tension has mounted.
emotional tension
Yoga reduces physical and mental tension and promotes recuperation.
tension grew as negotiations continued
Isn't it better to get drunk and cut loose once in a while and blow off the tension of daily frustration?
We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world – tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate.
More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations.
That does not mean we should ignore sources of tension. Indeed, it suggests the opposite: we must face these tensions squarely.
Cost is the limiting factor for laying the less-dangerous underground high tension wires.
The family has the kind of natural organisation to deal with the tensions likely to characterise space trips of 200 years or longer to settle remote planets.
We awaited the court verdict in terrible tension for months.
The tension mounted in the crowd as the two players came to the end of the second set.
tensions disappear
I went to the gym last week but I still feel increased muscle tension.
I feel happy, calm, comfortable, without tension when I learn English.
Anglais mot "توتر"(tension) se produit dans des ensembles:
general Part42. Tense
I feel tense and agitated when I have too much work to do.
Every muscle in his body was tense and ready to attack.
tense situation/atmosphere/moment
The international situation had become so tense, it would require proficient diplomats to handle it with kid gloves.
I say "should", because theses written in the present tense are still seen around and about.
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
It's very interesting that in Chinese the concept of tense does not exist.
Adverbial time clauses (here 'when') write about the future in the present tense.
These sentences only differ with respect to tense.
The example is a past progressive tense sentence. How was everybody taught when they were learning about progressive tense?
In the official question collection it is explained as being "passive voice of the present continuous tense".
I’m feeling a bit tense and nervous about my job interview tomorrow.
I felt very tense about driving, and the test was a disaster.
An example of tense is the way to describe a student just before he takes a big and important test.
I have been feeling rather tense all day