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AFRAID
If you are afraid of someone
or something, you feel fear because you think
they may harm you. - They were afraid
of you.
- The guards were so afraid that they
trembled.
He was not an afraid child.
He was not a frightened child.
Afraid is only used after
verbs such as 'be' and 'feel'. You do not use
it in front of a noun. You
do not usually use a modifier with afraid.
You do not say, for example, 'I was a bit afraid'.
If you want to talk about degrees of fear, you
usually use frightened.
- He was still very frightened.
- I am just a little bit frightened.
- I was too frightened to ask what
was going on.
I'm
AFRAID...
You use 'I'm afraid...', 'I'm afraid
so', and 'I'm afraid not' to
express regret in a polite way. 'I'm
afraid so' means 'yes'. 'I'm
afraid not' means 'no'.
- I'm afraid I can't agree.
- 'I hear she's leaving. Is that right?'
--'I'm afraid so.'
- 'Can you come round this evening?' --'I'm
afraid not.'
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