apprehension
/æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən/ sustantivo C1En español: arresto, aprensión
- The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
Plural apprehensions
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She was only half conscious, but as I entered she raised a pair of frightened but beautiful eyes and glared at me in apprehension.
“Oh, there was no harm meant,” answered Danglars; “at first I certainly did feel somewhat uneasy as to what Fernand might be tempted to do; but when I saw how completely he had mastered his feelings, even so far as to become one of his rival’s attendants, I knew there was no further cause for apprehension.” Caderousse looked full at Fernand—he was ghastly pale.
At the same instant his ear caught a sort of indistinct sound on the stairs, followed by the measured tread of soldiery, with the clanking of swords and military accoutrements; then came a hum and buzz as of many voices, so as to deaden even the noisy mirth of the bridal party, among whom a vague feeling of curiosity and apprehension quelled every disposition to talk, and almost instantaneously the most deathlike stillness prevailed.
Villefort’s brow darkened more and more, his white lips and clenched teeth filled Dantès with apprehension.
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