appréhender

Je dis qu'il s'est adapté à la situation qu'il appréhendait.
I'm saying he may have adapted to the situation at hand.
Elle appréhendait ta réaction. Alors on l'a lavé.
She didn't want to upset you, so we washed it.
Elle a dit à plusieurs reprises qu'elle envisageait de faire un prêt pour un traitement au botox, mais appréhendait les complications éventuelles.
She mentioned a few times that she intends to take a loan for botox treatment, but she was afraid of the eventual complications.
Personne de la Commission, Monsieur Santer, n'a voulu répondre à notre question d'il y a trois mois, qui appréhendait des risques de lutte armée et de guerre civile en Italie.
No-one from the Commission, President Santer, wished to respond to the question we put three months ago, expressing concern at the risk of armed struggle and civil war in Italy.
Cette suggestion n'a pas été appuyée au motif que l'objet du projet de recommandation 26 était une administration efficace et que le critère retenu appréhendait mieux les objectifs de la procédure d'insolvabilité dans différents pays.
That suggestion did not receive support on the basis that the purpose of draft recommendation 26 was efficient administration and the former test better captured the goals of insolvency proceedings in different jurisdictions.
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