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Suspense

/səˈspɛns/
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(noun) The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.

Don't keep me in suspense!
The suspense is killing me!
CEFR Practice Quiz
The audience was kept in great ____ until the very end of the movie when the mystery was finally solved today.

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