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scare

/skɛə/

verb1 of 2

to make someone feel frightened or worried

  • “The mother was very scared because of the baby's cold.”Tatoeba
  • “At the start, I was really still a bit scared.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

A minor fright.

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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