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Dear teachers,
Would you be kind enough to give me your considered opinion concerning the interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentences?
Stephanie said nothing at all, and kept us on tenterhooks for half one hour. (P. H. Jonson, “An Error of Judgment”)
Alf blamed vicissitudes of the industry ad the market. They kept him on tenterhooks all the time. (K. S. Pritchard, “The Roaring Nineties”)
keep somebody on tenterhooks = keep someone in suspense
V.
Would you be kind enough to give me your considered opinion concerning the interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentences?
Stephanie said nothing at all, and kept us on tenterhooks for half one hour. (P. H. Jonson, “An Error of Judgment”)
Alf blamed vicissitudes of the industry ad the market. They kept him on tenterhooks all the time. (K. S. Pritchard, “The Roaring Nineties”)
keep somebody on tenterhooks = keep someone in suspense
V.