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  13. <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">恐怕</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">kǒngpà</span>) can be used to express "<b>I'm afraid that</b>," or "<b>I'm concerned that</b>," or even "<b>I'm worried that</b>," followed by some sort of reason. It doesn't need to be something you're literally afraid of; it may be that you're just trying to soften the blow of some bad news, as in, "<b>I'm afraid that</b> I'm too busy washing my hair tomorrow night to come over and see the 2000 pictures of your trip to ComicCon."</p>
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  17.   <p>"<span class="hanzi">恐怕</span>" comes at the beginning of the sentence. The meaning is similar to "<b>perhaps</b>" or "<b>probably</b>."</p>
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  20.     <div class="deux">(Reason / Situation, )&#160;<span class="hanzist">恐怕</span>&#160;+ Fact / Conclusion</div>
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  27.       <li><span class="hanzi">明天 我 很 忙，恐怕 没有 时间。</span>&#160;<span class="pinyin">Míngtiān wǒ hěn máng, kǒngpà méiyǒu shíjiān.&#160;</span><span class="trans">I'm busy tomorrow, I'm afraid I don't have time.</span></li>
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  29.       <li><span class="hanzi">已经 很 晚 了，恐怕 他 不 会 来 了。</span>&#160;<span class="pinyin">Yǐjīng hěn wǎn le, kǒngpà tā bù huì lái le.&#160;</span><span class="trans">It's already very late. I'm afraid he's not coming.</span></li>
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  31.       <li><span class="hanzi">这样 做 恐怕 不行。</span>&#160;<span class="pinyin">Zhèyàng zuò kǒngpà bù xíng.&#160;</span><span class="trans">I'm afraid it doesn't work this way.</span></li>
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  33.       <li><span class="hanzi">工作 太 多 了，恐怕 今天 做 不 完。</span>&#160;&#160;<span class="pinyin">Gōngzuò tài duō le, kǒngpà jīntiān zuò bù wán.&#160;</span><span class="trans">There's too much work. I'm afraid I can't finish it all today.</span></li>
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  35.       <li><span class="hanzi">饭 太 多 了，恐怕 我 吃 不 完。</span>&#160;<span class="pinyin">Fàn tài duō le, kǒngpà wǒ chī bù wán.&#160;</span><span class="trans">Rice is too much. I'm afraid I can't eat it all.</span></li>
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  39.   <h2 id="我-with-恐怕"><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">我</span>&#160;with&#160;<span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">恐怕</span></h2>
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  41.   <p>A common mistake many people make when learning "<span class="hanzi">恐怕</span>“ is putting a pronoun, such as "<span class="hanzi">我</span>," before ”<span class="hanzi">恐怕</span>.“ It's a reasonable assumption, as "<span class="hanzi">恐怕</span>“ translates to, "I'm afraid" but the pronoun is more or less implied and grammatically incorrect when preceded by&#160;<span class="hanzi">我</span>:</p>
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  45.       <li><span class="hanzi">我 恐怕今天没有时间做作业。</span>&#160;<span class="vert">Never put 我 before 恐怕!&#160;</span><span class="pinyin">Wǒ kǒngpà jīntiān méiyóǔ shíjiān zuò zuòyè.</span></li>
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  47.       <li><span class="hanzi">恐怕 我 今天 没有 时间 做 作业 。</span>&#160;<span class="vert">Always use 恐怕 before 我.&#160;</span><span class="pinyin">Kǒngpà wǒ jīntiān méiyóu shíjiān zuò zuòyè.&#160;</span><span class="trans">I'm afraid today I don't have time to do homework.</span></li>
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  68.     <li>Yoyo Chinese: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L11Ulml2rJE&amp;list=PL94A5E422FB99CDDD&amp;index=17"> "Have to and Don't have to"</a></li>
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  74.     <li>Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed) (pp. 164-5) </li>
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  76.     <li>40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (<span class="hanzi">基础汉语40课下册</span>） (p. 301)</li>
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