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fright
/fɹaɪt/
noun 2verb 1adj 1
Collocations
11(noun.) fear
VERB + FRIGHT
take | be shaking/trembling with
die of
She nearly died of fright when a spider crawled across her pillow at night.
PREP
in ~
The child trembled in fright when the dog suddenly jumped out from behind the bush.
with ~
The child trembled with fright when she heard the loud noise outside her bedroom window.
~ at
The child got a terrible fright at the sudden loud noise during the movie.
(noun.) sudden feeling of fear
ADJ
awful, bad, dreadful, nasty, terrible
VERB + FRIGHT
get, have
When Sarah opened the cupboard, a mouse jumped out and she had quite a fright.
give sb
PHRASES
a bit of a fright, the fright of your life
When the dog suddenly barked, it gave the little girl quite a bit of a fright.
quite a fright
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