43. Don't be shy, just try.

丢掉羞怯，勇往直前。

" Me? " He was mimicking my modesty.

“我？”他在模仿我的羞怯。

I knew nor shyness nor fear, my life was boisterous.

我不懂得羞怯和惧怕，我的生活是热闹的。

Violet instead of our second choice.

羞怯的人而没选用另一个名字。

Shrinking violets are not bold. They are afraid to speak their minds.

羞怯的人并不大胆。他们害怕说出自己的想法。

We can imagine that in the history of humanity, shyness was always the first response.

我们可以想象，在人类历上，羞怯总是第一反应。

When faced with a difficult situation, a shrinking violet seems to get smaller.

当面对困难时，一个羞怯的人似乎变得更渺小了。

When I applied for my first job, I was thirty years old and very shy.

第一次找工作时我已经30岁了，又有些羞怯。

You have to see your opportunity and take it, nobody respects a shrinking violet.

必须看到你的机遇并抓住它，没有人尊敬羞怯的人。

They went " fleeting" all while " bleating" in a pretty " sheepish state" .

他们在一种非常“羞怯的状态”中，一边“转瞬即逝”，一边“呻吟”。

Shyness is rooted in a distinctive way of interpreting strangers.

羞怯根植于一种独特的理解陌生人的方式。

Another adjective to describe a shrinking violet is modest.

另一个形容羞怯的形容词是" modest" 。

I did. You told me to stop being a shrinking violet and to step up.

我谈了啊。你告诉我不要做一个羞怯的人，要挺身而出。

" And the others? " I asked timidly. " What are they? "

“那别的人呢？”我羞怯地问道。“他们怎么样？”

So how did Erica beat her shyness and become the confident communicator she is today?

所以艾丽卡是如何克服自己的羞怯并成为今天这样自信的沟通者？

" Well, then, why didn't thou tell me all this sooner? " asked Jo bashfully.

“那么好吧，为什么卿不早点告诉我这一切呢？”乔羞怯地问道。

Family troubles, devastating shyness, and a complete lack of social skills ensured a life of solitude.

家庭烦恼、极度羞怯和完全缺乏社交技巧，注定了我生活的孤独。

A lot more is possible than we might think at our moments of timidity and doubt.

在我们感到羞怯或存有怀疑时，事情成就的可能性其实比想象中更大。

As we know, a lot more is possible than we might think at our moments of timidity and doubt.

我们知道，在我们感到羞怯或存有怀疑时，事情成就的可能性其实比想象中更大。

Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.

安妮希望自己已经跨过了羞怯的龄，但她肯定没有跨过容易冲动的龄。