Englishfor English speakers
apprehensive
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adjective
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
apprehensive for one's life
apprehensive of danger
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adjective
quick to understand
a kind and apprehensive friend
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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adjective
(= worried)
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
apprehensive about her job
not used to a city and worried about small things
felt apprehensive about the consequences
period
Noun
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A period is a length of time.
There was a short period when my computer stopped working.
During the first period, Germany scored two goals.
The dinosaurs lived from late in the Triassic period (about 225 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago).
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A period is the dot that marks the end of most sentences in English. This -> . is a period.
Should I use an exclamation mark or a period at the end of this sentence?
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A woman's period is the time each month when she passes blood.
I have missed two periods now. I think I must be pregnant.
period
Interjection
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And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.
When I say "eat your dinner," it means "eat your dinner", period!