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21 help oneself
1) ((with to) to give oneself or take (food etc): Help yourself to another piece of cake; `Can I have a pencil?' `Certainly - help yourself; He helped himself to (= stole) my jewellery.) servirsi2) ((with cannot, could not) to be able to stop (oneself): I burst out laughing when he told me - I just couldn't help myself.) trattenersi -
22 hesitate
['hezɪteɪt]verbo intransitivo esitare ( over su)••he who hesitates is lost — prov. chi si ferma è perduto
* * *['heziteit]1) (to pause briefly eg because of uncertainty: He hesitated before answering; The diver hesitated for a minute on the diving-board.) esitare2) (to be unwilling (to do something) eg because one is not sure it is right: I hesitate to say he lied but he certainly misled me; Don't hesitate to tell me if you have any complaints.) esitare•- hesitant
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- hesitation* * *['hezɪteɪt]verbo intransitivo esitare ( over su)••he who hesitates is lost — prov. chi si ferma è perduto
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