I fear offending him.

我害怕冒犯了他。

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He reacted badly as we were only eager to talk with him to understand what had happened and I think he thought we were offending him. That is when he decided to send off Balzaretti.

我们仅仅只是希望向他了解发生了什么，但他严重的‘反抗’，我想他认为我们在冒犯他，导致他将巴尔扎雷蒂罚下。

youdao

I sensed he wanted to say more but was worried about offending me (he was such a nice guy) so I encouraged him to tell me what he was thinking.

我感觉到他言不止此，但怕冒犯我作罢(他人真是太好了)，我就鼓励他但说无妨。

youdao

The effort to minimize any grounds for fearing Obama has an abiding, if covert, attachment to Islam has prompted him to risk offending Muslims in order to avoid off-message controversies and photo ops.

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He is currently trying to clean up his act and qualify as a personal trainer, but he's still on a suspended sentence so his offending days are not yet fully behind him.

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Offending in the way he did would have made him feel grandiose.

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