in fear and trembling

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Cliché with anxiety or fear; with dread. In fear and trembling, I went into the room to take the test. The witness left the courtroom in fear and trembling.

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Christian theology is not about decorous words or desperate stabs at meaning; it is about realities approached, and spoken of, only in fear and trembling. Speaking of suffering; waxing on bees by Pramuk, Christopher / Commonweal Going out to sea in fear and trembling is not what we're asking them to do," French maritime official Pierre-Alain Carre told AFP. Somali pirates wreak havoc with maritime traffic by AFP / AFP Global Edition Every day when I wake up and have to work, I open my eyes in fear and trembling, because I don't know whether I still have it, whether I'm going to have it again, or whether I'm going to be afflicted by the doubt that I never had it at all. Writing in America by Shaw, Irwin / Confrontation			in detail in dire straits in disguise in dispute in drag in dribs and drabs in droves in due course in due time in Dutch in earnest in eclipse in effect in element in else's shoes in essence in evidence in exchange in existence in eyes in face in fact in fashion in favor in favor of in fear and trembling in fine feather in fits and starts in flagrante in flight in flux in focus In for a penny in for the kill in force in front of in full flight in full force in full swing in fun in gear in general in glory in glowing terms in good company in good conscience in good faith in good graces in good hands in good repair in good shape			In faciendo in fact in fact in fact in fact in fact in fact in faith in faith in faith In Fake Life in fashion in fashion in fashion in fashion in fashion in fault in favor in favor in favor in favor in favor of in favor of in favor of In favor with In favorabilibus magis attenditur quod prodest quam quod nocet In favorem libertatis In favorem vitae in favour in favour in fear and trembling in fee in fee in fee in fee in fee In fee simple In fee simple In fee simple In fee simple In fere In Ferro Veritas in fesse In few in fibrinogen, factor VIII, von Willebrand factor In fictione juris In fieri in fine in fine in fine in fine in fine feather In fine fettle in fiscal matters in fits in fits in fits in fits in fits in fits and starts in fits and starts

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