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1 craindre
craindre [kʀɛ̃dʀ]➭ TABLE 521. transitive verba. [personne] to be afraid of• oui, je le crains ! yes, I'm afraid so!• craindre que... to be afraid that...• il est à craindre que... it is to be feared that...• craindre pour [+ vie, réputation, personne] to fear forb. [aliment, produit] craindre le froid to be easily damaged by cold• « craint l'humidité/la chaleur » "keep in a dry place/cool place"2. intransitive verb(inf!) il craint, ce type that guy's a real creep (inf)• ça craint, leur émission that programme's the pits (inf!)* * *kʀɛ̃dʀ1) ( redouter) to fear, to be afraid ofoui, je le crains — yes, I'm afraid so
2) ( être sensible à) [personne, peau] to be sensitive to [froid, savon]; [plante] to dislike [soleil]* * *kʀɛ̃dʀ vt1) (= avoir peur de) to fear, to be afraid ofTu n'as rien à craindre. — You've got nothing to fear., You've got nothing to be afraid of.
Je crains qu'il vienne. — I'm afraid he might come.
Je crains qu'il ne vienne. — I'm afraid he might come.
2) (= être sensible à) [chaleur, froid] to be easily damaged by* * *craindre verb table: craindreA vtr1 ( redouter) to fear, to be afraid of [personne, attaque, réprimande, mort]; avoir tout à craindre de qn/qch to have every reason to fear sb/sth; n'avoir rien à craindre de qn/qch to have nothing to fear from sb/sth; craindre une rechute/le pire to fear a relapse/the worst; ne craignez rien don't be afraid; oui, je le crains yes, I'm afraid so; craindre pour to fear for [vie, réputation]; se faire craindre to make oneself feared; craindre de faire to be afraid of doing; il craignait d'être attaqué he was afraid of ou he feared being attacked; je crains d'avoir à le vendre I am afraid ou I fear I may have to sell it; je crains de ne pouvoir y aller I am afraid ou I fear I may not be able to go; je crains qu'il ne manque le train I'm afraid ou I fear that he might miss the train; je crains qu'il n'ait eu un accident I'm afraid ou I fear that he may have had an accident; ne crains-tu pas qu'il refuse? aren't you afraid he might ou he'll say no?; je crains que vous ne fassiez erreur euph I'm afraid you are mistaken; il est à craindre que l'amélioration ne dure pas it is to be feared that the improvement won't last; une explosion est à craindre there's some danger of an explosion; ⇒ échauder;2 ( regretter) craindre de to be afraid (that); craindre que to be afraid (that); je crains de ne pas savoir I am afraid (that) I don't know; je crains que non I am afraid not;3 ( être sensible à) [personne] to be sensitive to [froid]; [plante] to dislike [soleil]; [peau] to be sensitive to [savon]; ce produit craint l'humidité/la chaleur this product must be kept in a dry/cool place.B ○vi ça craint! that's bad!C se craindre vpr to be afraid of each other.[krɛ̃dr] verbe transitif1. [redouter - personne] to fear, to be frightened ou afraid of ; [ - événement] to fear, to be afraid ou scared ofcraindre Dieu to go in fear of ou to fear Godsa grosse voix le faisait craindre de tous ses élèves his booming voice made all his pupils afraid of himje ne crains pas les piqûres I'm not afraid ou scared of injectionsne crains rien have no fear, never fear, don't be afraidil y a tout à craindre d'une intervention militaire one can expect the worst from a military interventioncraignant de la réveiller, il a retiré ses chaussures he took off his shoes, for fear of waking her up2. [tenir pour probable] to fearalors, je suis renvoyé? — je le crains so, I'm fired? — I'm afraid soelle pourrait nous dénoncer — c'est à craindre she might give us away — unfortunately, (I think) it's likelyje crains fort qu'il (ne) soit déjà trop tard I fear ou I'm very much afraid it's already too lateje crains que oui/non I fear ou I'm afraid so/not3. [être sensible à]ça craint le froid [plante] it's sensitive to cold, it doesn't like the cold4. (très familier & locution)a. [c'est louche] it's dodgy (UK)b. [c'est ennuyeux] it's a real pain————————craindre pour verbe plus prépositioncraindre pour quelqu'un/quelque chose to fear for somebody/something -
2 peur
peur [pœʀ]feminine noun• j'ai bien peur/très peur qu'il ne pleuve I'm afraid/very much afraid it's going to rain• il va échouer ? -- j'en ai (bien) peur is he going to fail? -- I'm afraid he is• il a eu plus de peur que de mal he was more frightened than hurt► faire peur à qn ( = intimider) to frighten sb ; ( = causer une frayeur à) to give sb a fright* * *pœʀnom féminin gén fear; ( soudaine) fright, scareêtre mort or vert (colloq) de peur — to be scared to death
il n'a peur de rien — lit he's not afraid of anything, he's fearless
il veut courir le marathon sans s'être préparé? il n'a pas peur! — (colloq) he wants to run the marathon without having trained? he's being very optimistic!
n'ayez pas peur — ( ne soyez pas effrayé) don't be afraid; ( ne vous inquiétez pas) don't worry
maigre or d'une maigreur à faire peur — terribly thin
il est poli ça fait peur! — (colloq) iron he's not exactly the most polite man in the world!
* * *pœʀ nfIl a peur du noir. — He's afraid of the dark.
Elle a peur d'y aller toute seule. — She's frightened of going on her own.
J'ai peur qu'il ne soit trop tard. — I'm afraid it might be too late.
J'ai peur qu'il ne vienne pas. — I'm afraid he won't come., I'm afraid he might not come
J'ai peur qu'il ne vienne. — I'm afraid he might come.
Cet homme-là me fait peur. — That man frightens me.
* * *peur nf gén fear; ( soudaine) fright, scare; la peur de l'inconnu/de la mort/du ridicule fear of the unknown/of death/of ridicule; être mort or vert de peur to be scared to death; être pris de or prendre peur to take fright; une peur panique s'empara de lui he was panic-stricken; vivre dans la peur de to live in fear ou dread of; avoir peur to be afraid ou scared ou frightened (de of); avoir peur que to be afraid that; il a peur des chiens/de son père/de sa femme/du chômage he's afraid ou frightened of dogs/of his father/of his wife/of unemployment; j'ai eu une de ces peurs! I got such a scare!, I got ou had a terrible fright; elle a peur de prendre l'avion/mourir she's afraid of flying/dying; je n'ai qu'une peur, c'est qu'il pleuve I 'm only afraid of one thing, that it will rain; j'ai (bien) peur qu'il ne soit trop tard! I'm afraid it may be too late!; j'en ai bien peur I'm afraid so; j'ai toujours peur qu'il ait un accident I'm always afraid that he'll have an accident; il n'a peur de rien lit he's not afraid of anything, he's fearless; iron he knows no shame; il veut courir le marathon sans s'être préparé? il n'a pas peur! he wants to run the marathon without having trained? he's being very optimistic!; il n'a pas peur de se contredire/se ridiculiser it doesn't seem to worry him if he contradicts himself/makes a fool of himself; n'ayez pas peur ( ne soyez pas effrayé) don't be afraid; ( ne vous inquiétez pas) don't worry; avoir peur pour qn to be afraid for sb; avoir plus de peur que de mal to be more frightened than hurt; faire peur à qn to frighten ou scare sb; il s'amuse à faire peur aux petits enfants he enjoys frightening ou scaring small children; tu ne me fais pas peur! I'm not afraid ou frightened of you!; je ne t'ai pas entendu entrer, tu m'as fait peur I didn't hear you coming in, you gave me a fright ou a scare; le bruit a fait peur aux biches qui se sont enfuies the noise frightened the deer away; être laid à faire peur to be hideously ugly; maigre or d'une maigreur à faire peur terribly thin; le travail ne nous fait pas peur we're not afraid of hard work; trois heures de marche ça ne me fait pas peur! I'm not afraid of a three-hour walk!; il est poli/généreux ça fait peur○! iron he's not exactly the most polite/generous man in the world; de or par peur de for fear of; il n'a rien dit de peur de le contrarier he said nothing for fear of annoying him ou lest he annoy him sout; il l'a tuée de peur qu'elle ne parle he killed her for fear that she might talk ou lest she talk; ⇒ bleu.[pɶr] nom fémininavoir peur to be afraid ou frightened ou scaredje n'ai qu'une peur, c'est de les décevoir my one fear is that I might disappoint themon a sonné tard, j'ai eu une de ces peurs! (familier) someone rang the doorbell late at night and it gave me a terrible fright!avoir peur d'un rien to scare easily, to be easily frightenedavoir grand-peur to be very much afraid ou frightened ou scareda. [ne t'effraie pas] don't be afraidb. [ne t'inquiète pas] don't worryça va, tu n'as pas besoin d'avoir peur! don't you worry about that!, there's nothing to be afraid of!il double dans le virage, il n'a pas peur, lui au moins! overtaking on the bend, he's certainly got some nerve!le travail ne lui fait pas peur he's not workshy ou afraid of hard workboiter/loucher à faire peur to have a dreadful limp/squintprendre peur to get frightened, to take frightêtre pris de peur to be gripped by fear, to be overcome with fear, to take frightêtre mort ou vert de peur to be frightened out of one's witsça fait peur! (familier & ironique) : tu as l'air content, ça fait peur! you don't exactly look beside yourself with joy!2. [phobie] fearavoir peur de l'eau/du noir to be afraid of water/of the dark————————dans la peur de locution prépositionnellevivre dans la peur de quelque chose to live in fear (and trembling (littéraire)) ou in dread of something————————de peur de locution prépositionnelleje ne disais rien de peur de lui faire du mal I said nothing for fear that I might ou in case I hurt her————————de peur que locution conjonctivepar peur de locution prépositionnelle————————sans peur locution adverbiale -
3 craint
( féminin crainte) [krɛ̃, ɛ̃t] participe passé→ link=craindre craindrecrainte nom féminin[anxiété] fearla crainte de l'échec fear of failure ou failingil vivait dans la crainte d'être reconnu he lived ou went in fear of being recognizedn'aie aucune crainte ou sois sans crainte, tout se passera bien don't worry ou never fear, everything will be all rightéveiller ou susciter les craintes de quelqu'un to alarm somebodyde crainte de locution prépositionnellede crainte que locution conjonctivede crainte qu'on (ne) l'accuse for fear of being accused, fearing that she might be accusedil faut agir vite, de crainte que la situation (n') empire we must act quickly, lest ou in case the situation should get worseI'm frightened ou scared of spiders. J'ai peur des araignéesI was terrified ou petrified. J'étais mort de peurI was scared out of my wits. J'étais mort de peurI'm dreading (the thought of) telling her. J'appréhende de le lui direI'm not looking forward to telling her. La perspective de le lui dire ne m'enchante guèreI'm afraid that he might get hurt ou that he'll get hurt. J'ai peur qu'il se blesseI'm worried about him. Je suis inquiète pour luiI'm concerned for ou worried about her health. Je m'inquiète pour sa santé
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