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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 hésitation
hésitation [ezitasjɔ̃]feminine noun* * *ezitasjɔ̃1) ( indécision) indecision, hesitancy2) ( signe d'incertitude) hesitation [U]* * *ezitasjɔ̃ nf* * *hésitation nf1 ( indécision) indecision, hesitancy; il a eu une seconde d'hésitation he hesitated for a second; répondre sans (la moindre) hésitation to reply without (the slightest) hesitation;2 ( signe d'incertitude) hesitation ¢; se décider après bien des hésitations to make up one's mind after much hesitation; elle a marqué une hésitation avant de poursuivre (son discours) she hesitated before continuing (her speech); lever les dernières hésitations de qn to overcome sb's final doubts.[ezitasjɔ̃] nom féminin1. [atermoiement] hesitationaprès quelques minutes d'hésitation after hesitating for a few minutes ou a few minutes' hesitation2. [arrêt] pausemarquer ou avoir une hésitation to pause, to hesitate3. [doute] doubtpas d'hésitation, c'est lui! it's him, no doubt about it ou without a doubt!sans hésitation locution adverbialeje préfère le ciné à la télé, sans hésitation I prefer cinema to television any day -
3 vacillation
[vasijasjɔ̃] nom féminin1. [d'une lueur, d'une flamme] flickeringaprès bien des vacillations, j'ai pris ma décision after changing my mind several times, I made a decision -
4 saut
n. m.1. Faire le saut:a To 'take the plunge', to make a decision (usually after quite a bit of hesitating).b To 'jump the gun', to go ahead with a decision or project before weighing up the pros and cons.2. Faire un saut chez quelqu'un: To pop round to someone's place, to pay someone a fleeting visit. -
5 sauter
I.v. trans.1. To 'nab', to 'collar', to arrest (literally to pounce on someone's back).2. To 'screw', to fuck, to have intercourse with.3. Sauter le pas:a To 'take the plunge', to make a decision (usually after quite a bit of hesitating).b To 'jump the gun', to go ahead with a decision or project before weighing up the pros and cons.4. La sauter: To 'go hungry', to be starving (literally to skip a meal).II.v. intrans.1. To 'hit the ceiling', to 'fly off the handle', to have an angry outburst.2. Il faut que ça saute! Get to it! — I want some action!3. Allez, et que ça saute! Look lively (about it)! —Make it snappy! -
6 Raffarin, Jean-Pierre
(born 1948)Prime minister of France, 2002-2005, during the second Chirac presidency. Raffarin resigned in 2005 after the referendum in which French voters rejected the European constitution. Lacking the political determination of Sarkozy, he nevertheless managed to initiate some much-needed reforms, but was perceived as a hesitating prime minister.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Raffarin, Jean-Pierre
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