Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
牵动世界的神经
English translation:
keep the world on edge/tenterhooks
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Huijun Suo
Apr 28, 2007 15:58
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牵动世界的神经
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伊朗核争端如何解决，伊美最后是否会走向军事冲突，仍将牵动世界的神经。
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Jul 7, 2007 14:09: Huijun Suo changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/62648">Denyce Seow's</a> old entry - "牵动世界的神经"" to ""keep the world on edge/tenterhooks""
Jul 8, 2007 17:51: Huijun Suo changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/614331">Huijun Suo's</a> old entry - "牵动世界的神经"" to ""keep the world on edge/tenterhooks""
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keep the world on edge
These issues will keep the world on edge, or keep people's nerves on edge.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-28 17:29:06 GMT)
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In the crystal ball- [ 翻译此页 BETA ]
Instability and violence in the Middle East will keep the world on edge, with progress proving frustratingly slow amid numerous nasty shocks. Israel will concentrate upon building its security wall, which will improve its tactical ...
app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2004/0101/vo2-1.html
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-28 17:29:06 GMT)
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In the crystal ball- [ 翻译此页 BETA ]
Instability and violence in the Middle East will keep the world on edge, with progress proving frustratingly slow amid numerous nasty shocks. Israel will concentrate upon building its security wall, which will improve its tactical ...
app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2004/0101/vo2-1.html
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Comment: "Thanks for all the suggestions."
11 mins
shake the world
have a significant impact on the whole world
+1
35 mins
make the whole world nervous
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Iran continues to make the whole world nervous, with their deranged leader babbling wildly about the final battle between Islam and the West being imminent. Reigime Change Iran has the latest, and it’s worth reading for ideas on how we ...
podcast.shirenetworknews.net/:entry:tuatara-2006-01-28-0000/ - 45k - 补充材料 - 类似网页
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I mentioned the long term investment in nuclear power, the fact that Iranian politicians make the whole world nervous and that successful nuclear armement will force other nations to prevent another nuclear holocaust. ...
www.youtube.com/?v=87phYZSKU5M - 79k - 补充材料 - 类似网页
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Iran continues to make the whole world nervous, with their deranged leader babbling wildly about the final battle between Islam and the West being imminent. Reigime Change Iran has the latest, and it’s worth reading for ideas on how we ...
podcast.shirenetworknews.net/:entry:tuatara-2006-01-28-0000/ - 45k - 补充材料 - 类似网页
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I mentioned the long term investment in nuclear power, the fact that Iranian politicians make the whole world nervous and that successful nuclear armement will force other nations to prevent another nuclear holocaust. ...
www.youtube.com/?v=87phYZSKU5M - 79k - 补充材料 - 类似网页
24 mins
As yet, it'll catch the eyes of the world
...Hmmm
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Note added at 39 mins (2007-04-28 16:38:06 GMT)
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Do we also say **the world's eyes**?
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Note added at 39 mins (2007-04-28 16:38:06 GMT)
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Do we also say **the world's eyes**?
3 hrs
keeping the world on tenterhooks
leading a jittery world by the nose?
3 hrs
getting on everybody's nerve
getting on everybody's nerve
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