He minutely inspects himself for symptoms and debates with trepidation whether to take the test.
This is not, of course, a foregone conclusion, and in the event of a tight finish, Wales will certainly wonder, with some trepidation, whether their opponents have suddenly unearthed a player capable of dropping a goal.
Indeed, Colonel Lamb, who made a successful living as a wine merchant, might have wondered, with a touch of trepidation, whether it's a good thing to be "speakeasy meets steampunk," as the bar bills itself, and how, exactly, one comes up with a cocktail named Bad Judgment (Jameson, cornflower syrup, egg white).
Perhaps you have some trepidation about whether one of your classes is too hard for you.
His new deal is for just one year, Mr. Smiley said, not because of any trepidation over whether it will work, but "because I only do one-year deals".
International observers, as well as Libyan women activists, have expressed trepidation about whether future governments will adhere to promises of political and civil freedoms, or when it comes to women's rights even move backward.
Still, on the train to see her in Bristol on a summer Saturday afternoon, to talk about all this, with her soaring voice in my headphones, I have a slight trepidation about whether she will turn up at all.
And with some trepidation over whether widespread corporate renaming will cheapen the theater district, officials at Broadway's two other major chains say they are open to putting the logos of corporations and products on their theaters as well.
Sitting at the counter behind open sacks of rice and beans, the storekeeper, Daoud, 38, cracks his bronzed face with a smile, sharing the optimism but also the trepidation about whether at last his country can really make something of itself.
After delving into impressively and inventively odd territory in Dogtooth and Alps, there was plenty of excitement over the new film from Yorgos Lanthimos although, given its starry cast (Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz), some trepidation over whether he would soften his sharp claws for the masses.
Many minority students enter university with tremendous trepidation about whether they belong, doubts about their chances of success, and a conspicuous lack of knowledge about the college experience.
