HESITATE

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hesitate verb intranzitiv

1. a ezita, a sta la îndoială, a şovăi, a se codi.

2. a se bâlbâi, a şovăi în vorbe.

If in that light there is anything which you suppose his cousin might fairly ask of him, I beg you would not hesitate to employ me.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

She hesitated and could not go on.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

It will be a painful task for you, I know, old friend, but it is for her sake, and I must not hesitate to ask, or you to act.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

She hesitated some time, but at length she formed her determination.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

If she can hesitate as to 'Yes,' she ought to say 'No' directly.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

The man hesitated for an instant.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On entering the room, he seemed to hesitate; but Jane happened to look round, and happened to smile: it was decided.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

She hesitated; she knew not what to do.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

And yet it is such an absurd business, that I hesitated to bother you about it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Lion hesitated no longer, but drank till the dish was empty.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)