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It was at this point that I became truly apprehensive (scared out of my wits to be honest) of what I was about to do.

It's the children, ' said Mrs Parsons, casting a half-apprehensive glance at the door. 'They haven't been out today. And of course.

The next day, as the morning wore on, Lesley became more and more agitated, and her mood became apprehensive, when Jeff did not appear.

His mother, who was visiting for Christmas as promising, seemed apprehensive of the pending visit and tried to reassure her son.

He passed only a few yards away in the long grass, and I felt slightly apprehensive.

The next time you attend a presentation given by an apprehensive team member, practice giving them moral support.

He was the more affable on the surface as secretly he became more apprehensive, felt more hollow.

I was at first apprehensive of a powerful rival in Harry, as his friends were very able, and had a good deal of interest.

Marry has a good job , a comfortable house and a brand name sleeping car so she has no reason to be apprehensive about the future.

It is not at all tough or greasy, and is well worth trying even if the idea of eating pure fat leaves you a little apprehensive!

Understandably, some parents can feel a little apprehensive at seeing their defenseless baby being immersed into a swimming pool.

But we found a skilful team , who hoisted it into place during a solemn and somewhat apprehensive ceremony .

It is not unnatural to be severely apprehensive about a serious diagnosis, but a reasonable confidence is justified.

In the years leading up to the transfer to China in 1999, thousands of apprehensive Macanese departed, with many settling in Portugal.

I know very well that Colonel Brandon is not old enough to make his friends yet apprehensive of losing him in the course of nature.

The children who are breast fed for less than 6 months seemed more depressed, apprehensive and less social.

Gerty lifted an apprehensive look to her pale face, in which the eyes shone with a peculiar sleepless lustre .

Having been slightly apprehensive about what our four-bed, second-class compartment would be like, we were pleasantly surprised.

When you think of the word do you get apprehensive or excited?

Last night as I prepared to sleep I felt apprehensive about this morning's journey.

As they jogged into the turn that would take them past the corner, he became even more apprehensive than usual.

She also was particularly apprehensive about the veil and its dangers, as if by instinct (682-683).

A woman apprehensive of poverty-----she traded her marriage for materialistic comforts and never feeling remorse.

Occasionally a drizzle came down, and the intermittent flashes of lightning made us turn apprehensive glances toward the distance.

Most of them will display 'closed' body language - and you know what does it mean, they feel uncomfortable and apprehensive.

He wondered uneasily what it meant, and began to feel vaguely apprehensive.

Occasionally a drizzle came down, and the intermittent flashes of lightning made us turn apprehensive glances toward the north .

At first, I was reluctant to this challenge. I was apprehensive and frightened. "What might think of me when. . . ? " I thought.

For his safety, I'm rather apprehensive about this.

Several apprehensive parents telephoned the school when the children were late in getting home from the museum trip.

When I made my first visit to him. . . I was very apprehensive-but no sooner had I entered his presence than I felt completely at ease.

The ship's orchestra's conductor stood to one side, looking peeved but apprehensive.

A man in love is always apprehensive.

When you "re apprehensive, respect that feeling. It" s telling you of a threat --real or imagined. That deserves your attention.

The disquietude of his air, the somewhat apprehensive impatience of his manner, surprised me.

I myself was a little apprehensive when I first saw that we had drawn them in this first knockout round.

The number one requirement that makes most travelers to the United States apprehensive is getting the entry visa.

Occasionally a drizzle came down, and the intermittent flashes of lightening made us turn apprehensive glances toward Zero.

Westerners are apprehensive as they see secular-minded democrats losing ground to Islamic fundamentalists.

He looked apprehensive as he waited for the result.

Even so, said Mr. Johnson, 'People are still apprehensive about wearing it to the office.

The corporate-and-government dominated media are apprehensive over the challenge that WikiLeaks presents.

Even though I could afford it, I felt apprehensive spending the money.

All day she felt nervous and apprehensive.

Besides, I was a bit apprehensive as it was my first time to go to an unfamiliar place without joining a tour package.

He should not be swayed by public clamor or consideration of personal popularity, or be apprehensive of unjust criticism.

They may be apprehensive about taking over additional responsibilities.

I felt a bit apprehensive about the whole operation.

In such an apprehensive and gloomy mood, Lu Xun is heavily affected in the mode of behavior, emotion and thinking.

She was deeply apprehensive that something might go wrong.

Some citizens in Brownsville are apprehensive about lawyers rummaging through their online lives.

"I'm feeling apprehensive, " he confessed, glad that the appropriate descriptive word had finally come to him.

and was especially nervous and apprehensive before a race.

If you already have planned running routes, you won't feel as apprehensive about running at your destination once you arrive.

I only know one: If you feel a little scared or apprehensive, you 'feel nervous', even 'nervy'.

It's an apprehensive stance that will make others around you feel uncomfortable as well.

'Investors were very apprehensive about emerging markets before, ' said Tsou.

He hastily blew out the light and slipped back into bed but remained apprehensive for a long time.

On hearing that, she gave an apprehensive look.

A lot of people who were apprehensive about the market and waiting for a pull-back are moving off the sidelines.

As I give the driver my address, I'm half euphoric, half apprehensive about what comes next.

If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.

The countries are apprehensive about India not being a signatory of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

You are becoming a little uncertain and apprehensive and this is making you inclined to be overly defensive.

He was rather apprehensive of the consequences . . .

ambitious my eye. if you lived next door to communist china, you would be apprehensive too!

Definition: Nervous or apprehensive; afraid that something bad will happen.

They may be afraid of losing you. They may be apprehensive about taking over additional responsibilities. And they, too, feel powerless.

She was apprehensive of being arrested.

I studied the thick Eichmann file in the days that followed and found myself profoundly apprehensive.

I was a little apprehensive about the results of the exams.

The Commons met in apprehensive mood yesterday following the ructions in the Chamber last week.

Some ploughs, Ms. Malitz said, are seeing U. S. applicants for the premier period in years, but remain apprehensive.

In Singapore, buying a car is quite a big financial deal, so people are really apprehensive about buying a car they are not familiar with.

As the big day approached, they grew apprehensive.

Mr. Letterblair put down his glass of port and fixed on his young partner a cautious and apprehensive gaze.

Many, especially the elderly, look apprehensive.

I was excited yet apprehensive about my summer job as a receptionist at a large bank.

They have entered the depths of the mountains and forests. We are apprehensive that they not return.

I find that if the parties are less apprehensive, they are more cooperative.

From Leizar Did you often fight as a child, if so, who usually won, were you apprehensive about fighting a taller opponent?

I'm rather apprehensive about his pessimistic.

Mr. Smith is apprehensive about hurting other people's feelings.

I think we need to be careful and not apprehensive, but certainly paying attention to new developments as they proceed.

Diplomats in Hanoi say Vietnamese authorities are apprehensive of the impact of social-networking sites such as Facebook.

Mothers are always apprehensive for their children's safety.

apprehensive for one's life; apprehensive of danger.

Although apprehensive about the conditions we might run into, we drove on.

I'm rather apprehensive of further defeat in the competition.

People who are apprehensive struggling in such kind of paradox and strange circle.

apprehensive about the results of the exams.

For now, the Marines remain apprehensive about the unknowns they will encounter.

But while locals love them for their speed and efficiency, visitors are apprehensive.

He's now back at work, but is apprehensive about more budget cuts.

We are all apprehensive for his safety.

be uneasy or apprehensive about.

She has quite a lot of kind and apprehensive friends.

He is apprehensive of further defeats .

Do you feel, as a team member or as a manager, apprehensive about anything getting done?

But I am apprehensive, too, wondering how I will stomach the sight of death.

am apprehensive that he may fall ill.

I was curious, excited, and somewhat apprehensive because the year was 1975 and China was still in the throes of political turmoil.

Certainly, Afghans are apprehensive about a rising tide of violence and what the future may have in store for them.

For example, teachers we have been working with in Maine tell us they were initially apprehensive.

She says 2008 was good but she is apprehensive about the new year.

At first, not knowing anything, I was apprehensive.

An insecure handshake was a sign that one side is apprehensive about the transaction.

The railways can hardly oppose Mr Obama's plan to boost high-speed rail, but they are apprehensive about what it will mean for them.

Publishers recognize that poetry doesn't sell very well, and so, they are apprehensive about publishing a great many books of poetry.

The outdoor is my ideal, I was apprehensive , I solved is pursuing my dream, I would like to complete the unfinished deep cause!

I have just come back from a 5 day trip to Istanbul and was very apprehensive about the hotel as a result of previous reviews.

We can FEEL that your heart is beating faster and you are a little apprehensive at that which we are telling you . . . are you not?

I am a beautiful woman who is kind, honest, wise, open and talkative, apprehensive and easy going.

the father , video camera dropping away from his apprehensive face

Apprehensive of trouble, she had stuffed the few dollars she possessed into her hand-satchel;

Enhancing the Apprehensive Awareness of Environmental Protection in Heilongjiang

apprehensive that he would be beaten

i ' m apprehensive about investing all the money

Study on The Basic Requirements for Undergraduates'Apprehensive Qualities of Taking up An Occupation

He could try one-on-one US talks with North Korea. (But Japan and South Korea would be apprehensive about being excluded. )

The joy of life with boredom, apprehensive and sad, melancholy and helplessness;

May be apprehensive of offending the Soviet Union

The Apprehensive Utilization of Borax Mud