v. apprehend, dread, fear

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v. funk, fear, dread

(v.) = fear ; be afraid ; flinch at/from ; dread ; be frightful of ; be apprehensive (about).
Ex: For example, an unwed woman who fears she is pregnant may have appointments made for her at a medical clinic.
Ex: I am afraid I shall disappoint again, for this book is not a polemical document, nor is it even a personal view of community information.
Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.
Ex: At least it is the part most dreaded by employees and supervisors.
Ex: 'No, let a charming chintz and Brussels lace wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face so as not to be frightful of death'.
Ex: His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.
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* hacer temer = misgive ; lend + fears.
* temer por = become + apprehensive about.
* temer tratar = fear to + tread.

adv. almost; nearly; practically; near-; scarcely; close on; as good as; pretty much/nearly/well; come close (to something/to doing something)