What if it was the first time you'd ever seen your parents afraid?

如果那是你第一次看到你父母的恐惧又会怎样？

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She was afraid of upsetting her parents.

她担心会使她父母不安。

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Afraid of being criticized by my parents, my brother strongly denied breaking the vase.

由于害怕受到父母的批评​​，我弟弟强烈否认自己打烂了花瓶。

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"Some of the Muslim parents took their kids out of the Islamic schools and put them in public schools because they were afraid of backlash."

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She had spoiled herself with daydreams, until her parents were afraid of her moods.

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But it's not easy to reassure a child when parents are afraid themselves of the knock on the door with bad news.

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