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"весь" is a curious little word that can act as a pronoun or adjective. I think here it is an adjective and is being used the same way we English speakers use it when we say "we all." I don't know why DL separated those two words because the literal translation works fine as, "We all are afraid."
Мы всего боимся/Мы боимся всех. You wouldn't be wrong to say "Нам всё/все страшно".
I think "We are all scared". "We all are scared" sounds rather poetic or philosophical. It could also be used to emphasize the "all" part ("I am scared" - "We all are scared".) So... more limited usage in my opinion.
@MichalaK_EU: Yes, it is the dative case versions of "мы" and "все". An example in the nominative case would be Мы все рады - We are all happy.
I see that you study German, so it's sort of the same principle as "Es ist mir kalt" (in Russian it's actually the same - мне холодно).
