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

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Vous n'avez rien à craindre. You have nothing to fear.
Il est trop stupide pour craindre le danger. He is too dumb to fear danger.
Ne crains rien car il n'y a rien à craindre. Fear not because there is nothing to fear.
La seule chose que nous devons craindre est la crainte-même. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
La seule chose que nous devons craindre est la crainte elle-même. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Le moyen le plus sûr d'empêcher une guerre est de ne pas la craindre. The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.
Mais, connaissant exactement la tristesse et l’amour et la mort, et que ce sont de vaines images lorsqu’on les contemple de l’espace calme où il faut s’enfermer, il continua de pleurer, et de désirer l’amour, et de craindre la mort. But, knowing precisely sadness and love and death, and that they are vain images when we observe them from the calm space where we should shut ourselves in, he kept on weeping, and desiring love, and fearing death.
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.
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.
Je crains que nous n'arrivions trop tard. I fear we are too late.
Je crains pour l'avenir de l'humanité. I fear for the future of humanity.
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