Duncan got the best, sending Saturday's thriller sprawling into a second overtime from which the Spurs would emerge, white-knuckled and nauseous, with a 117-115 Game 1 victory.

于是他得到了运气，让周六的这场惊险剧冲进第二个加时。 马刺会冲刺，紧张得指关节发白，快要恶心呕吐，之后才能117-115带走第一场的胜利。

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I drove two hours to his house, white-knuckled in anticipation of what I was about to do.

开车两个小时到他家，精神紧张的想着我接下来的工作。

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If you're like most Americans, you don't get white-knuckled behind the wheel until faced with a drive in wintry whiteout conditions.

大部分的美国人在开车时都不会感到紧张，除非碰到冬季的一些恶劣气候使得你视线变差。

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Encysive's flameout was but one of several big, recent upsets that should remind investors why the FDA is a white-knuckled ride.

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Junior lawyers who once clung white-knuckled to their jobs are loosening their grips and moving to corporations' law departments or to law firms where they might have better shots at making partner.

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