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hesitation noun 1. delay, pausing, uncertainty, stalling, dithering, indecision, hesitancy, doubt, vacillation, temporizing, shilly-shallying, irresolution, hemming and hawing, dubiety After some hesitation, he answered her question. 2. reluctance, reservation(s), misgiving(s), ambivalence, qualm(s), unwillingness, scruple(s), compunction, demurral The board said it had no hesitation in rejecting the offer. Translations hesitation [ˌhezɪˈteɪʃən] N → vacilación f, indecisión f I have no hesitation in saying → no vacilo en decir ... without the slightest hesitation → sin vacilar siquiera, sin pensarlo dos veces hesitation [ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən] n → hésitation f after some hesitation → après un moment d'hésitation to have no hesitation in doing sth I have no hesitation in agreeing with him → Je partage son avis sans la moindre hésitation. I have no hesitation in saying that → Je dis ... sans la moindre hésitation. to do sth without hesitation → faire qch sans hésitation He accepted without hesitation → Il a accepté sans hésitation. hesitation n → Zögern nt, → Zaudern nt (geh); after some/a moment’s hesitation → nach einigem/kurzem Zögern; without the slightest hesitation → ohne auch nur einen Augenblick zu zögern; I have no hesitation in saying that … → ich kann ohne Weiteres sagen, dass …; I had no hesitation about taking the job → ich zögerte keinen Augenblick, die Stelle anzunehmen hesitation [ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃ/ən] n → esitazione f I have no hesitation in saying (that) ... → non esito a dire che... hesitation [ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃ/ən] n → esitazione f I have no hesitation in saying (that) ... → non esito a dire che... How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He strode without hesitation to the table where Mr. Miss Halcombe, after looking at me very earnestly, said a few words, on her side, to the same effect--with a certain hesitation of manner, however, which the circumstances did not seem to me to warrant. That moment of moral hesitation which decides the fate of battles had arrived. |
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