People will not set up new businesses while they are frightened by the predatory behaviour of the banks.

人们在被银行的掠夺行为惊吓的情况下是不会开办新企业的。

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"I'll get up to-morrow, though," the grandmother said confidently, for she had noticed how frightened Heidi was.

“不过我明天会起床的。”奶奶自信地说，因为她已经注意到海蒂有多害怕了。

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Mistress Mary stood up and looked at it with an almost frightened face as it hung from her finger.

玛丽小姐站起身，几乎一脸惊恐地望着挂在自己手指上的东西。

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It took a scene of a woman being frightened, shot up, and being beat upon mercilessly by armed guards to make him realize that he cared.

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Hughes grew up frightened of women and resentful of intimacy.

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