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terrify

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"I was incredibly excited but incredibly terrified," he says.

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Lea Komba, a 20-year-old political science student, says the fuel protests were "terrifying but somewhat expected" given the country's current reality.

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He said they tried to explain who they were, but they were terrified: "There were helicopters and drones, armoured vehicles… people with guns."

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But the fear cast by the specters of taxation and modernization that continually threaten Downton, including in “The Grand Finale,” are just as terrifying to its residents as any ax-wielding ghost.

President Ronald Reagan famously articulated this vision: “I think you all know that I’ve always felt the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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