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lest  (lst)
conj.
For fear that: tiptoed lest the guard should hear her; anxious lest he become ill.

[Middle English, from Old English (th) ls the, (whereby) less that, so that not : ls, less; see less + the, relative conjunction; see to- in Indo-European roots.]

lest
conj
1. so as to prevent any possibility that: one grabbed it lest a neighbour got there first
2. for fear that: his anxiety lest anything mar the family event [Old English thȳ lǣs the, literally: whereby less that]
Translations
lest [lɛst] conj lest it happen → para que no pase

lest [lɛst] conjde peur de + infinitive, de peur que + sub

lest [lɛst] conjdamit ... nicht

lest [lɛst] conjper paura di + infinitive; per paura che + sub

lest
conj lest [lest]
in case He was scared lest he should fail his exam. bang wees dat لِئلا، خِشْيَةَ أن да не би да že by snad i tilfælde af daß σε περίπτωση που, μήπως (και) a que por miedo et ei مبادا että de peur de/que פֶּן कहीं u slučaju da nehogy jangan-jangan ef; að che ~しないかと ...하지나 않을까 kad ne lai ne; ka ne kalau-kalau voor het geval dat for at (ikke) żeby nie caso (ca) să nu чтобы... не;как бы... не že by snáď da ne bi iz straha i fall, för att ด้วยกลัวว่า ...-masın diye, ...-ecek diye 唯恐 щоб не, як би не کہیں ایسا نہ ہو کہ trong trường hợp


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When ye fight with a Wolf of the Pack, ye must fight him alone and afar, Lest others take part in the quarrel, and the Pack be diminished by war.
"If it is fallible," he replied, "there is the greater reason that I explain it, lest it mislead.
Thus I thought in my heart; then, tarrying not, lest fear should come upon me again, I swung up the Watcher, and crying aloud the war-cry of the Halakazi, I sprang over the brink of the rock and rushed upon the wolves.
 
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