Usage examples of "crainte" in French with translation to English

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Il n'y a pas de raison à cette crainte. There is no reason for this fear.
Par crainte d'un accident, mon père ne conduit pas. For fear of an accident, my father doesn't drive.
La seule chose que nous devons craindre est la crainte elle-même. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
La crainte de quelques pouvoirs suprêmes et divins conservent les hommes dans l'obéissance. The fear of some divine and supreme powers keeps men in obedience.
Il est sage de ne mettre ni crainte, ni espérance dans l’avenir incertain. He is wise who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain future.
Il y a des gens qui n'ont de leur fortune que la crainte de la perdre. There are people who get nothing from their fortune except fear of losing it.
En tournant la page, nous pouvons congédier les personnages d'un livre sans crainte de les froisser. By turning the page, we can dismiss the characters in a book without fear of hurting their feelings.
Il est bien vrai que celui qui rend à chacun le sien par crainte du gibet agit par le commandement d'autrui et est contraint par le mal qu'il redoute ; on ne peut pas dire qu'il soit juste : mais celui qui rend à chacun le sien parce qu'il connaît la vraie raison des lois et leur nécessité agit en constant accord avec lui-même et par son propre décret, non par le décret d'autrui ; il mérite donc d'être appelé juste. In truth, a man who renders everyone their due because he fears the gallows, acts under the sway and compulsion of others, and cannot be called just. But a man who does the same from a knowledge of the true reason for laws and their necessity, acts from a firm purpose and of his own accord, and is therefore properly called just.
Elles craignaient d'être écoutées. They feared being overheard.
Ils craignaient d'être écoutés. They feared being overheard.
Les gens craignent la guerre. The people fear war.
Craignez la vengeance du cornichon ! Fear the revenge of the gherkin!
Elles craignirent d'être écoutées. They feared being overheard.
Ils craignirent d'être écoutés. They feared being overheard.
Il ne craignait pas la mort. He didn't fear death.
Vous n'avez rien à craindre. You have nothing to fear.
Je ne crains pas la mort. I don't fear death.
Il craint que son frère échoue. He has a fear that his brother will fail.
Ses soldats le craignaient et le respectaient. His soldiers feared and respected him.
Ils craignent qu'il ne soit mort. They fear that he may be dead.
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