be afraid; boggle; shy; lose courage; have the wind-up; be in a funk; be scared by(чего-либо); get a fright; get a scare; have a fright; startle(Aly19); quail; get a wind-up; have a wind-up; get a shock(linton); have a shock(linton); lose one's bottle(КГА); take fright(The event was peaceful; the Kremlin evidently took fright after police inflamed opposition anger when they broke up an earlier protest the day after the vote. TG Alexander Demidov); your skin crawls(Taras); get scared; alarm; cringe away(испуганно дёрнуться; отодвинуться Capital); be cowed; be in a funk; be scared by something(чего-либо); become afraid; get cold feet(в последнюю минуту • I usually get cold feet when I speak in public. — Когда мне приходится выступать перед публикой, я обычно робею. • I agreed to do it but now I've got cold feet. — Я согласился было это сделать, но теперь мне стало что-то страшновато.); get spooked(о животном • A Vancouver man says he has his beloved cat back after selling his couch, not realizing that Marley was hiding inside. Matt Lumabi told CTV News that he has moved a few times recently, and Marley can get spooked when she sees boxes or furniture being moved around. -- может испугаться (castanet.net)ART Vancouver); take alarm; take fear; be frightened(of); be scared(of); be startled(to be frightened or surprised suddenly (Merriam-Webster) • Ricardo was startled and tried to swerve and ride away, but apparently his motorcycle would not obey him, instead being drawn towards the mysterious stranger. – испугался и попытался развернуться и уехать (mysteriousuniverse.org)ART Vancouver); be frightened of(чего-либо, кого-либо); be scared of(чего-либо, кого-либо); frightened of(чего-либо, кого-либо); scared of(чего-либо, кого-либо); become spooked(также *be spooked*: especially of an animal: take fright suddenly. (Oxford Dictionary) • For instance, in 1973, a rancher reported that as he moved his cows to pasture, they suddenly became spooked and refused to move. It was strange since they had never acted this way before. (mysteriousuniverse.org)youtube.com • "Poor horses. Clearly very unhappy and scared. I hope they were able to treat the horses too, glad the rider is okay, I guess the horses were spooked." "I've read they were spooked by builders moving concrete, I'm guessing dropping concrete down one of the tubes/chute they use would be noisy."ART Vancouver)
youtube.com • "Poor horses. Clearly very unhappy and scared. I hope they were able to treat the horses too, glad the rider is okay, I guess the horses were spooked." "I've read they were spooked by builders moving concrete, I'm guessing dropping concrete down one of the tubes/chute they use would be noisy." ART Vancouver)