DEFINITION:
The definition of mounting tension is:
A growing excitement when something fascinating, glorious is going to happen.
ENTYMOLOGY:
MOUNTING
montage
1929, from Fr. montage "a mounting," from O.Fr. monter "to go up, mount" (see mount (v.)). Originally a term in cinematography.
TENSION
1533, "a stretched condition," from M.Fr. tension, from L. tensionem (nom. tensio) "a stretching" (in M.L. "a struggle, contest"), from tensus, pp. of tendere "to stretch," from PIE base *ten- "stretch" (see tenet). The sense of "nervous strain" is first recorded 1763. The meaning "electromotive force" (in high-tension wires) is recorded from 1802.
SENTENCE:
You could the feel mounting tension when the spectators grew silent as Chelsea's Michael Ballack dribbled the ball past two defenders and only had Man United's goalkeeper Van Der Sar blocking him in the dying moments of extra time in Europe's most prestigious cup, the Champions League.
The definition of mounting tension is:
A growing excitement when something fascinating, glorious is going to happen.
ENTYMOLOGY:
MOUNTING
montage
1929, from Fr. montage "a mounting," from O.Fr. monter "to go up, mount" (see mount (v.)). Originally a term in cinematography.
TENSION
1533, "a stretched condition," from M.Fr. tension, from L. tensionem (nom. tensio) "a stretching" (in M.L. "a struggle, contest"), from tensus, pp. of tendere "to stretch," from PIE base *ten- "stretch" (see tenet). The sense of "nervous strain" is first recorded 1763. The meaning "electromotive force" (in high-tension wires) is recorded from 1802.
SENTENCE:
You could the feel mounting tension when the spectators grew silent as Chelsea's Michael Ballack dribbled the ball past two defenders and only had Man United's goalkeeper Van Der Sar blocking him in the dying moments of extra time in Europe's most prestigious cup, the Champions League.
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Every thing also Chelsea
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