"как бы не" meaning in Russian

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kak by ne",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "head": "как бы не"
      },
      "expansion": "как бы не • (kak by ne)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm afraid that they will be late for the game.",
          "roman": "Ja bojúsʹ, kák by oní ne opozdáli na igrú.",
          "text": "Я бою́сь, ка́к бы они́ не опозда́ли на игру́.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "They fear that he may lose his way.",
          "roman": "Oní bojátsja, kák by on ne zabludílsja.",
          "text": "Они́ боя́тся, ка́к бы он не заблуди́лся.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The hen is running away out of fear that a wolf is trying to catch it.",
          "roman": "Kúrica ubegájet iz stráxa, kák by volk ne starálsja pojmátʹ jejó.",
          "text": "Ку́рица убега́ет из стра́ха, ка́к бы волк не стара́лся пойма́ть её.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that; lest (implying emotional negativity towards an event that would happen in a possible future or that already happened in the past)"
      ],
      "id": "en-как_бы_не-ru-conj--MeQnecL",
      "links": [
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ],
        [
          "lest",
          "lest"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "kak by ne tak",
          "word": "как бы не так"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kak by ni",
          "word": "как бы ни"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaɡ‿bɨ nʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "как бы не"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kak by ne",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "head": "как бы не"
      },
      "expansion": "как бы не • (kak by ne)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kak by ne tak",
      "word": "как бы не так"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kak by ni",
      "word": "как бы ни"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian conjunctions",
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian multiword terms",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Russian terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Russian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm afraid that they will be late for the game.",
          "roman": "Ja bojúsʹ, kák by oní ne opozdáli na igrú.",
          "text": "Я бою́сь, ка́к бы они́ не опозда́ли на игру́.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "They fear that he may lose his way.",
          "roman": "Oní bojátsja, kák by on ne zabludílsja.",
          "text": "Они́ боя́тся, ка́к бы он не заблуди́лся.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The hen is running away out of fear that a wolf is trying to catch it.",
          "roman": "Kúrica ubegájet iz stráxa, kák by volk ne starálsja pojmátʹ jejó.",
          "text": "Ку́рица убега́ет из стра́ха, ка́к бы волк не стара́лся пойма́ть её.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that; lest (implying emotional negativity towards an event that would happen in a possible future or that already happened in the past)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "that",
          "that"
        ],
        [
          "lest",
          "lest"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaɡ‿bɨ nʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "как бы не"
}