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Discover LudwigThe phrase "afraid of particular" is not correct in English as it is incomplete and lacks clarity.
It could be used in a context where one is expressing fear of something specific, but it needs to be followed by a noun or a more complete phrase to make sense.
Example: "She was afraid of particular situations that made her anxious."
Alternatives: "afraid of specific" or "fearful of certain".
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The three are presented as so dysfunctionally afraid of particular creatures that they need something akin to primal scream therapy, which they get from a psychologist in Sacramento named Robin Zasio.
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It's about digging deeper and realizing that while you may truly be afraid of that particular food, the fear runs much deeper than the act of eating.
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Brock also read American dispatches captured from Hull's army, and quickly judged Hull to be timid and afraid of the First Nations in particular, and the American force to be demoralised and short of rations.
Ellis and Neckbone are a little afraid of Mud, but Ellis in particular is immediately drawn to him, taking his wild stories ("stretchers," Tom Sawyer might have called them) at face value and adopting the man as a cause and a surrogate father.
In particular, they were afraid of offending women and their partners.
In particular they were afraid of their parents, of being teased or talked about by friends, and being the victim of community 'gossip'gossip
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