YOU SAID:
because he was too scared to face me in combat
INTO JAPANESE
彼は戦闘で私に直面するにはあまりにも怖かったので
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Because he was too scared to face me in battle
INTO JAPANESE
彼はあまりにも怖かったので、戦いで私と向き合うことはできませんでした
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He was so scared that he couldn't face me in the fight
INTO JAPANESE
彼はとても怖かったので、戦いで私と向き合うことができませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was so scared that he couldn't face me in the battle
INTO JAPANESE
彼はとても怖かったので、戦いで私と向き合うことができませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was so scared that he couldn't face me in the battle
That didn't even make that much sense in English.