Some lawmakers were afraid they would not be re-elected.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

Even if I was to ask you on a sheet of paper, you might deny it because you might be afraid that it's not anonymous.

即使我叫你写在一张纸上，你也不会写真心话，因为你害怕,这不是匿名的。

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and then I felt more comfortable to go into the city and be not afraid.

然后我感到更舒服，不再害怕走进这座城市。

对纽约的印象 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"I'm not scared of what Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has to say at trial,and no one else needs to be afraid either."

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

What I mean by this is it's possible, of course, to be afraid of a person, but unlike an emotion like gratitude, it's not intrinsically social.

我这么说是想表明这是可能得，当然，人害怕时，不像感激时，不是社会固有的。

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and not be afraid to, uh, to be wrong sometimes.

而且不能害怕犯错。

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