He said a successful gunfighter could not let fear or anything else force him to shoot too soon and miss the target.

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Here, being in exile prevents Nabokov from making that knight's move. And you might think about that homophobic attitude to a Proustian past, the fear that it's too like what he wants to do.

因为被放逐的事实，纳博科夫不能,实现迂回前进，大家可能会想到他对,普鲁斯特过去持有的恐同性恋的态度，想到他的恐惧。

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Quite frankly,I fear the pace at which we have grown may have been too quick."

VOA: special.2010.02.26

Her sister and brother are finishing high school, thanks to the same charity, but they too fear they'll never be able to go to college.

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It is also possible that there is both too much fear and too much optimism.

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Either there is too much fear right now or forecasts are too optimistic.

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