Humour can help in a tense situation.

幽默能够缓和紧张局面。

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Humor often helps a tense situation.

幽默常常缓解紧张气氛。

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South Africa's roads and railways and even ocean shipping are in a tense situation, and it needs to be upgraded.

南非的公路和铁路甚至是海运都是比较紧张的，需升级换代。

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The so-called Global Political Agreement was an interim set of rules to normalize the tense political situation, and to set the country back on the road to normality through a revised constitution and eventually new elections.

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Mr. Obama's defenders said he appeared to be trying to smooth over a tense situation.

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Soon they organized the "Marcha de los Cuatro Suyos" which created a tense situation.

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These are interactive situations that force you to make a difficult choice in a tense situation.

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