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LINGERING
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lingering adjectiv
1. zăbovitor, tărăgănat, încetinitor, zăbavnic.
2. încet, ticăit.
3. (despre o boală) care se prelungeşte.
4. obositor; plictisitor.
5. şovăitor.
6. (despre otrăvuri) lent, care acţionează încet.
7. (fig., despre sunete) care se pierde / se stinge / dispare.
◊ a lingering hope o slabă nădejde;
a lingering look o lungă privire de regret.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Barkis's death needn't put it off much, but his lingering might.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
When a plunge is to be made into the water, it's of no use lingering on the bank.”
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
If you have any lingering thought that I could envy the happiness you will confer; that I could not resign you to a dearer protector, of your own choosing; that I could not, from my removed place, be a contented witness of your joy; dismiss it, for I don't deserve it!
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
The cause of the late change in you, which I have seen with so much pain and sorrow, and have sometimes referred to my old apprehension—at other times to lingering suppositions nearer to the truth—has been made clear tonight; and by an accident I have also come to know, tonight, the full measure of your noble trust in me, even under that mistake.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)