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1 hesitate
['heziteit]1) (to pause briefly eg because of uncertainty: He hesitated before answering; The diver hesitated for a minute on the diving-board.) oklevati2) (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.) imeti pomisleke•- hesitant
- hesitantly
- hesitation* * *[héziteit]intransitive verbobotavljati se, odlašati, omahovati, pomišljati se; zatikati se (jezik) -
2 falter
['fo:ltə]1) (to stumble or hesitate: She walked without faltering.) omahovati2) (to speak with hesitation: Her voice faltered.) jecljati•- falteringly* * *[fɔ:ltə]1.intransitive verbopotekati se; spotakniti se; omahovati, obotavljati se; jecljati;2.transitive verbzajecljati -
3 hang back
(to hesitate or be unwilling: The soldiers all hung back when the sergeant asked for volunteers.) obotavljati se* * *intransitive verb zaostajati, obotavljati se -
4 seem
[si:m](to have the appearance or give the impression of being or doing: A thin person always seems (to be) taller than he really is; She seems kind; He seemed to hesitate for a minute.) zdeti se- seeming- seemingly
- seemly* * *[si:m]intransitive verbzdeti se, zazdeti se, dozdevati se, videti seI seem to be... — zdi se, da sem...it seems to me — zdi se mi, mislimit seems that he cannot deny it — videti je (kazno je), da ne more tega zanikatiI seem to have known them for ages — zdi se mi (imam vtis), da jih poznam že celo večnostso it seems — tako se zdi, tako je videtithere seems no need of help — zdi se, da pomoč ni potrebnaarchaic me seems, me seemeth — zdi se mi -
5 stumble
1) (to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall: He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.) spotakniti se2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) spotikati se3) (to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc: He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.) zatikati se•- stumble across/on* * *[stʌmbl]1.nounspotikljaj, spodrsljaj, spodrkljaj, padec; figuratively pogreška, pomota;2.intransitive verbspotakniti se, spodrsniti ( against ob, over čez); pojecljavati; pomišljati se, oklevati; pohujšati se; pogrešiti; (nepričakovano) pasti ( into v); nameriti se, slučajno (po naključju) naleteti (across, upon na); transitive verb zbegati, zmesti; iznenaditi, presenetiti; (zlasti figuratively) spotaknitito stumble at a straw, and leap over a block figuratively biti natančen v malenkostih in površen v važnih stvareh -
6 hesitancy
noun (the tendency to hesitate.) obotavljanje -
7 think twice
( often with about) (to hesitate before doing (something); to decide not to do (something one was intending to do): I would think twice about going, if I were you.) dvakrat premisliti
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