If there’s something that I’ve been putting off for awhile, something that put fear into my heart, I put that at the top of my list for today, and put a bunch of other things I need to do below that.

如果我将有些事情搁置在一边等会儿再做的话，我就会打心里不想再做这些事情，并且产生恐惧，因此我就将这些事情放在我每日必做事情的前面，然后在列出其他我每天需要完成的事情。

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Some fear that speaking out about the need for expenses-related sackings could set off a wave of retribution that could eventually engulf them too.

一些人害怕说出需要相关开支证据，可能会引起应得的惩罚风波，最后也把他们全都吞噬完。

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Since the Yellowstone earthquake some people have said that they would never go to that area for fear of being caught in a landslide such as occurred after the earthquake.

自从黄石地震后，一些人说，他们因为害怕被发生在地震后的大滑坡伤害，再也不会去那个地方。

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Journalists,he says,will come by information that is true, but will not publish it for fear of criminal proceedings.

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It is fear, not reason, that leads us to abandon the state of nature and sue for peace.

与理性不同，恐惧让我们放弃自然状态,转而去寻求和平。

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There's a fear here that the ambition of this bid for paternal light is presumptuous, perhaps it's even satanic Satan of course in the next book, Book Four will have his invocation to light.

人们会担心弥尔顿认为光与上帝差不多的想法,过于胆大妄为，或许是极恶的,当然，第四卷里的撒旦,也会祈求光明。

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Part of the reason for that is the fact that most fear selling of stocks has already happened.

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It was a risk that Abby and Brittany's parents did not want to take for fear that one of the twins might not have survived the surgery or have the same quality of life they do now.

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This carries the risk that rivals in an industry will stay away for fear that, despite declarations of neutrality, an exchange is tilted in favour of the partners.

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