like: không dám nói → →
to be too timid to speak up ☊ 
nhút nhát không dám nói thẳng ☊ dare (to) do sth: He didn't dare (to) say what he thought. ☊ dare ☊
On the rare occasions when they met he hardly even dared speak to her. ☊ rare ☊
to not dare to say ☊ không dám nói ☊ to be too timid to speak up ☊ nhút nhát không dám nói thẳng ☊