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1 hésiter
hésiter [ezite]➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb• tu y vas ? -- j'hésite are you going? -- I'm not sure* * *ezite‘alors, tu viens?’ - ‘j'hésite’ — ‘are you coming?’ - ‘I can't make up my mind’
les docteurs hésitent à l'opérer — the doctors are reluctant to operate on him/her
* * *ezite vi1) (avant d'entreprendre qch) to hesitateQuand on a une occasion de ce genre, il ne faut pas hésiter. — When you get a chance like this you shouldn't hesitate.
2) (avant d'entrer, de faire un geste) to pauseIl mit le doigt sur la sonnette, hésita, et repartit... — He put a finger on the bell, paused, and then went away...
Il n'a pas hésité à nous aider. — He didn't hesitate to help us.
Est-ce que tu viens ce soir? - J'hésite... — Are you coming this evening? - I'm not sure...
hésiter entre...; J'ai hésité entre le pull vert et le cardigan jaune. — I couldn't decide between the green pullover and the yellow cardigan.
* * *hésiter verb table: aimer vi to hesitate (sur over; devant before); ne pas hésiter à not to hesitate to; elle n'a pas hésité une seconde she didn't hesitate for a second; elle n'a pas donné de réponse, elle hésite encore she hasn't given an answer yet, she's still undecided; il n'y a pas à hésiter it's got to be done; j'hésite entre deux solutions I'm not sure which solution is the best; ‘alors, tu viens?’-‘j'hésite’ ‘are you coming?’-‘I can't make up my mind’; j'hésite sur le chemin/la décision à prendre I'm not sure which path/decision to take; il hésitait sur ce qu'il convenait de faire he was not sure what to do for the best; j'hésite entre deux films/plusieurs possibilités I can't decide between two films/several possibilities; hésiter à venir to be unsure whether to come (or not); j'hésite à interrompre leur conversation I don't like to interrupt their conversation; les docteurs hésitent à l'opérer the doctors are reluctant to operate on him/her; j'ai hésité longtemps à vous écrire I hesitated for a long time before writing to you.[ezite] verbe intransitif1. [être dans l'incertitude] to hesitatesans hésiter without hesitating ou hesitation2. [être réticent]il a hésité en prononçant le nom he faltered ou stumbled over the name -
2 clocher
I.v. trans. To 'catch', to hear. Sans son machin dans l'oreille, il ne cloche que dalle: Without that hearing-aid of his, he's as deaf as a post.II.v. intrans.1. To 'stop in one's tracks', to hesitate. Je l'ai vu clocher a la nouvelle: He faltered when he heard the news.2. Il y a comme quelque chose qui cloche: There's a hitch somewhere—Something's wrong. Qu'est-ce qui cloche? What's up?—What's wrong?
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