I was afraid if Mom answered that I would chicken out and tell her instead.
害怕如果应声开门的是母亲，我会因胆怯而对她说出那几个字。
According to the authors, Komarov answered: "If I don't make this flight, they'll send the backup pilot instead."
根据作者在书中的说法，科马罗夫回答到：“如果我不去的话，他们会让替补的飞行员去的”。
So I answered the phone, instead.
于是我替她接了电话。
I was afraid if Mom answered that I would chicken out and tell her instead.
害怕如果应声开门的是，我会因胆怯而对她说出那几个字。
" Sam answered with a smile, "Oh, I am not clever, instead, you are silly.
萨姆笑着答道：“噢，不是我聪明，而是你太笨。”
I was afraid if Mom answered that I would chicken out and tells her instead.
害怕如果应声开门的是母亲，我会因胆怯而对她说出那几个字。
"Nothing, Mum," answered the son proudly, "instead, she asked me how much one plus two was, and I told her three."
独生子骄傲地说：“什么也没教，妈妈，她反倒问我一加二等于多少，我告诉她是三。”
"Nothing, Mum," answered the son proudly, "instead, she asked me how much one plus two was, and I told her three."
独生子骄傲地说：“什么也没教，妈妈，她反倒问我一加二等于多少，我告诉她是三。”
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