We held our breath in fear.

我们因害怕而屏住呼吸。

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We held our breath in excitement.

我们激动地不敢出气。

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We held our breath at the exciting news.

听到这一令人兴奋的消息时，我们都屏住了气。

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We held our breath and asked the great Robert Noyce to speak.

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We watched the V1s, the 'doodlebugs', rattling across the skies every day and we held our breath in terror, as the unmistakable quite suddenly stopped, and if, instead of dropping straightaway as they often did, they flew silently on.

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Instead of being engrossed in the complex and screwed up relationships of the gods, most of us often held our breath, wondering if the singers would slip and fall as they walked up and down the rather steep inclines as they sang.

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