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 Translation for 'for fear of' from English to Slovak
z obavy pred [+inšt.]for fear of
zo strachu pred [+inšt.]for fear of
Partial Matches
zo strachu, že ...for fear that ...
psych.
strach {m} z pavúkov
fear of spiders
kvôli [+dat.]for the sake of
pre [+ak.]for the sake of
v záujme {prep} [+gen.]for the sake of
pre nedostatok n-čohofor lack of sth.
v prospech {prep} [+gen.]for the benefit of
z nedostatku n-čohofor lack of sth.
pre zmilovanie božiefor the love of God
pre boha (živého)for the love of God
pre živého bohafor the love of God
pre lásku božiufor the love of God
pre Kristove ranyfor the love of God
mať veľký význam pre n-čo [nedok.]to be of great importance for sth.
voj.
Inštitút {m} pre štúdium vojny
Inštitute for the Study of War <ISW>
po zvyšok života {adv}for the rest of sb.'s life
EUpol.
Dohovor {m} primátorov a starostov o klíme a energetike
Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
Centrum {m} pre výskum epidemiológie katastrof Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters <CRED>
EU
Európska dohoda {f} o zrušení víz pre utečencov
European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees
EU
vysoký predstaviteľ {m} Únie pre zahraničné veci a bezpečnostnú politiku
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
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Usage Examples English
  • Many of the most successful game show contestants in America would likely never be cast in a British or Australian game show for fear of having them dominate the game, according to Mark Labbett, who appeared in all three countries on the game show "The Chase".
  • Bonjour (1981) describes how his assistants were worried about wound infection for fear of having to explain their failure to Kocher himself.
  • In influenza epidemics, some churches suspend the giving wine at communion, for fear of spreading the disease.
  • Modern scholar Reuvein Margolies suggests that as the Mishnah was redacted after the Bar Kochba revolt, its editors were reluctant to include explicit discussion of a holiday celebrating another relatively recent revolt against a foreign ruler, for fear of antagonizing the Romans.
  • The Palazzo has since been the site for every Venice Film Festival, with the exception of the three years from 1940 to 1942, when the festival was moved away from Venice for fear of bombing.

  • But soon Siegel and Shuster's work was put under careful oversight for fear of trouble with censors.
  • Before then the British government had not recognized the settlement as a colony for fear of provoking a Spanish attack.
  • Avoiding airplane flights for fear of hijacking. Avoidance may seem like the answer to all risks, but avoiding risks also means losing out on the potential gain that accepting (retaining) the risk may have allowed.
  • Her studies of pet ownership among the homeless found that many modify their life activities for fear of losing their pets.
  • Pauli was exceptional in this regard: it was postulated that he was such a good theorist that any experiments would be compromised by virtue of his presence in the vicinity. For fear of the Pauli effect, experimental physicist Otto Stern banned Pauli from his laboratory located in Hamburg despite their friendship.

  • In practice, member states of the League of Nations followed advisory opinions anyway for fear of possibly undermining the moral and legal authority of the Court and the League.
  • Cézanne's mother was kept a party to family events, but his father was not informed of Hortense for fear of risking his wrath and so as not to lose the financial allowances that his father gave him to live as an artist.
  • Procopius was the author of a history in eight books on the wars prosecuted by Justinian, a panegyric on the emperor's public works projects throughout the empire, and a book known as the "Secret History" that claims to report the scandals that Procopius could not include in his officially sanctioned history for fear of angering the emperor, his wife, Belisarius, and the general's wife and had to wait until all of them were dead to avoid retaliation.
  • However, no English dictionary included such words, for fear of possible prosecution under British obscenity laws, until after the conclusion of the "Lady Chatterley's Lover" obscenity trial in 1960.
  • In 1986 Seitz also contends that many others are reluctant to speak out for fear of being stigmatized as "closet Dr.

  • Their ground use was delayed for fear of the enemy recovering 'blinds' (artillery shells which failed to detonate) and copying the fuze.
  • The islanders had full British citizenship restored in 1983; their quality of life improved through investments made by the UK after the war and by economic liberalisation that had been stalled for fear of angering Argentina.
  • They agree with me to a title; but they dare not speak out for fear of hurting Fox...They leave me to myself; they see that I can do myself justice".
  • This is corroborated by Benedict of Peterborough's graphic account of Greece, as it was in 1191; he states that many of the islands were uninhabited for fear of pirates and that Aegina, along with Salamis and Makronisos, were their strongholds.
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