Conditions are still very tense and the fighting could escalate at any time.

形势依然很紧张，战斗随时可能升级。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He's a very tense person.

他是个神经非常紧张的人。

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Mark, who had at first been very tense, at last relaxed.

马克起初非常紧张，最后终于放松了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The situation seemed very tense and dangerous.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

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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People are very tense and concerned that the fight may spill over in that way.

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That definitely has improved, but the turf battles for money in particular, I think, are very tense.

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"When you're very tense, you try to hide it behind laughter, " he said.

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