Once awake when hearing the tone, the people held their breath in anticipation of a bad smell.

当人们听到这个音调醒来时，他们预期会闻到一股臭味，都屏住了呼吸。

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Both held their breath and listened.

两人都屏住呼吸，静听着。

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ON APRIL 21st physicists held their breath.

4月21日物理学家们都屏息了。

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Flight controllers on the ground held their breath.

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He was convinced they did, but that project was on hold at the moment as everyone held their breath to see what would happen in Scotland.

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So when 27, 000 workers at the plant went on strike last month and the government responded by pouring thousands of security men into the middle town of Mahalla al-Kubra, people held their breath.

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Helicopters and rescue vehicles gave chase while millions held their breath because they thought a 6-year-old boy might be sailing through the skies, cold, frightened and just a gust of wind from falling.

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