I was afraid of starting a slide of loose stones.

我当时担心会引起松散石块崩塌。

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I was afraid of the other boys.

我害怕其他的男孩子们。

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I was afraid that nobody would believe me.

我担心没有人会相信我的话。

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But I couldn't find you and I was afraid he would sell the cask of Amontillado to someone else.

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I was afraid to sleep.

我很怕睡觉。

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I was kind of afraid to ask it,

但是一直不好意思开口。

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"We had just bought the home and I was afraid we would ruin it, " my friend said.

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"I was afraid he was going to fall in love with it the way I did, " he said.

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As a child, I was afraid of everything: escalators, heights and New Orleans cockroaches the size of pralines.

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