Je was op zoek naar: sono insicuar e paurosa (Italiaans - Engels)

tesa e paurosa come prima.
she is strained and scary as first.

erano marito e moglie ma vergognosi e paurosi,
they were man and wife, but now they were ashamed and frightened.

così come descritti in queste pagine, i cavallucci marini sono molto fragili e paurosi in particolare quando arrivano in una nuova abitazione.
as said in these pages, seahorses are fragile and timid when put in a new environment.

il regista ha saputo imprimere alla storia una tensione in crescendo: rappresentare una istanbul affascinante e paurosa; tradurre i conflitti culturali in una tragedia a forte valenza simbolica."
the director knew how to print to his history a tension that goes in crescendo: to show an enchanting and frightful istanbul; to translate the cultural conflicts to a tragedy with strong symbolic values."

solo chi è totalmente cieco e pauroso aiuta i corrotti: chi teme di poter perdere i propri beni terreni.
only the very blind and fearful support the corrupt: those that fear that they may lose their worldly goods.

adesso tiriamo un sospiro di sollievom e con noi il signor alessandro che, come ho detto, era buon cristiano: perché, se c'erano sacerdoti vili e paurosi, per fortuna ce n'erano anche di coraggiosi.
now let us feel relieved and with us mr. alexander who, as i said, was a good christian: because, if there were vile and coward priests, fortunately there were also brave ones.