I'm afraid our needs do not rate very high with this administration.

我们的需求恐怕不会受到这届政府的多大重视。

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But last month my wife ran off with a policeman, and I was afraid you were bringing her back.

但上个月我妻子和一位警察私奔了，我是害怕你把她带回来。

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When I hang out with American friends, I'm always afraid to speak.

和美国朋友一起出去玩的时候，我总是害怕说话。

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Truman remembered years later. In an oral history recorded with the writer Merle Miller, Truman said: "I was afraid.

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Okay, have to stop there--might add a word or two-- but on Thursday we turn, I'm afraid with a certain awkwardness; I wish there were an intervening weekend, to Freud and Peter Brooks.

好的，必须在此停下了，再加一两句-,到周四我们将会，恐怕有点尴尬;,我希望会有一个周末，留给弗洛伊德和彼得，布鲁克斯。

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So just keep in mind, like we're talking about with the student, you can't be afraid of making mistakes

所以记住，就像我们对学生说的，你不能害怕犯错误，

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In the aftermath of the harshest economic downturn since the Great Depression, with banks still afraid to lend and small business owners afraid to borrow, that's an encouraging trend.

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"I think 95 percent probably are too afraid to go out and approach someone because they're afraid of the problems with the communication they might have or they're afraid people are going to look at them funny, " Jordan Wright, a coordinator for Preferred Alternatives, told News 14 Carolina.

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Children are more perceptive than most adults give them credit for and in many ways I think they are more in touch with (and less afraid of) their emotions.

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