The students were just scared: scared to sit in rows in fear that something would happen; scared because they were often teased in the cafeteria for eating free food.
학생들은 그저 무서워했습니다. 무슨 일이 벌어질까봐 앞자리에 못 앉고 급식실에서 무료급식을 먹는다고  놀림받는 것을 무서워했습니다.