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"ref": "2009, Ruth Cigman, Andrew Davis, New Philosophies of Learning, page 200",
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"text": "He found his legs falter.",
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"ref": "2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 18",
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "horjua"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "huojua"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "vaciller"
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "wanken"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "wackeln"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
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"english": "flicker",
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "flackern"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "tapepa"
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"_dis1": "89 2 1 1 2 4 1",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "trantalhar"
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "vackla"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "poxytnutysja",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "похитнутися"
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"word": "хитатися"
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"ref": "1807, Lord Byron, Childish Recollections",
"text": "And here he faltered forth his last farewell.",
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"To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner."
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"To stumble."
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"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "спъвам се"
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"sense": "To stumble",
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"_dis1": "2 2 2 90 2 1 2",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "kompastella"
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"_dis1": "2 2 2 90 2 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "kompuroida"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "To stumble",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "straucheln"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "inciampare"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "tapepa"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "tapatu"
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"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "trabucar"
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"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "оступаться"
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"word": "спотыкаться"
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"sense": "To stumble",
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"ref": "1971, Lyndon Johnson, “\"I feel like I have already been here a year\"”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22",
"text": "The most important foreign policy problem I faced was that of signaling to the world what kind of man I was and what sort of policies I intended to carry out. It was important that there be no hesitancy on my part — nothing to indicate that the U.S. government had faltered. It was equally important for the world to understand that I intended to continue the government's established foreign policies and maintain the alliances of Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy — policies of firmness on the one hand and an effort to thaw the Cold War on the other.",
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"To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause)."
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"(figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause)."
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"To hesitate in purpose or action."
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
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"word": "duruxmaq"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "dubtar"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "To hesitate",
"tags": [
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"word": "váhat"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "To hesitate",
"tags": [
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"word": "zaváhat"
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"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"tags": [
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"word": "znejistět"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "ztratit odvahu"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "aarzelen"
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"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "jahkailla"
},
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"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "aikailla"
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{
"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "empiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "zögern"
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"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "zaudern"
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{
"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "ins Stocken geraten"
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"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "trantalhar"
},
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"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "esitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "dudar"
},
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"_dis1": "13 21 1 2 6 56 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vahatysja",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "вагатися"
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"To cleanse or sift, as barley."
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"ref": "2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 18",
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "horjua"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "huojua"
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "vaciller"
},
{
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "wanken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
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},
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"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "tapepa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "tapepe"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "trantalhar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "trantolar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drognutʹ",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "дрогнуть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "vackla"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poxytnutysja",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "похитнутися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xytatysja",
"sense": "To waver or be unsteady",
"word": "хитатися"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spǎvam se",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "спъвам се"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To stumble",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To stumble",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To stumble",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To stumble",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "potácet se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To stumble",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zapotácet se"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "struikelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "kompastella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "kompuroida"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "stolpern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "straucheln"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "inciampare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "tapepa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "tapatu"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "trabucar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "trantalhar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "trantolar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostupatʹsja",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "оступаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spotykatʹsja",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "спотыкаться"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "spotykatysja",
"sense": "To stumble",
"word": "спотикатися"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "duruxmaq"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "dubtar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "váhat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaváhat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "znejistět"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "ztratit odvahu"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "aarzelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "jahkailla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "aikailla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "empiä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "zögern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "zaudern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "ins Stocken geraten"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "trantalhar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "esitar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "dudar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vahatysja",
"sense": "To hesitate",
"word": "вагатися"
}
],
"word": "falter"
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