Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense.

我们的心跳加快，肌肉也紧绷起来。

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You can rely on him to crack a joke when things get tense in the office.

当办公室的气氛不活跃时，你总能指望他会讲个笑话。

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If things get tense, parents need to remember that they are there for the children, not themselves.

如果事情变得紧张了，父母应记住他们是为了孩子，而不是他们自己。

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just being able to keep saying from a person's perspective which is very hard to see when you get very tense and very defensive. And it's just so good for me to have have someone like Saed especially with Saed personally, just to have that gate.

就是能够,从一个个人的角度聊问题,而如果你很紧张就很难做到这一点,很有戒备心的时候就很难，所以我能够,有Saed是非？牡？,有这扇门。

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