Language Point 46
Although pills for tension, ...(Para. 35)
pill: n. small piece of medicine
tension: n. 1. (a feeling of) nervous anxiety, stress, worry, or pressure 緊張
The doctor said I was suffering from nervous tension.
醫生說我神經緊張。
2. the degree or tightness or stiffness of a wire, rope, etc.拉力
If the tension of this rope is increased it will break.
如果拉力增加,繩子就會斷掉。
The state of tension, which at one time existed between the US and Russia, was called "the Cold War".
美俄之間一度存在的緊張狀態稱為"冷戰"。