YOU SAID:

I stopped holding in my breath and gathered up the courage to look around the corner.

INTO JAPANESE

私は息を止めるのをやめ、勇気を振り絞って角を曲がった。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I stopped holding my breath and squeezed my courage around the corner.

INTO JAPANESE

私は息を止めるのをやめ、角を曲がったところで勇気を絞りました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I stopped holding my breath and squeezed my courage around the corner.