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1 ( for fear that) de peur de (+ infinitive), de crainte de (+ infinitive), de crainte que (+ ne + subj) ; ( in case that) au cas où ; he wrote down the address lest he forget it il a noté l'adresse de peur or de crainte de l'oublier ; she burned her letters lest he (should ou might) read them elle a brûlé ses lettres de crainte qu'il ne les lise ; lest anyone should ask you au cas où quelqu'un vous le demanderait ; ‘lest we forget’ ≈ ‘In memoriam’ ;2 ( after expressions of fear) I was afraid lest he might ou should die j'avais peur qu'il ne meure.
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