hesitator


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Noun 1. [画像:hesitator - one who hesitates (usually out of fear)]hesitator - one who hesitates (usually out of fear)
coward - a person who shows fear or timidity
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He was popularly known as a 'hesitator and a procrastinator'.
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The request in Example 5 starts with a hesitator ('I was thinking'), followed by a preparator ('Do you think') before the request for permission is used.
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Textual interactivity is examined with reference to disfluencies such as hesitators, pauses and repetitions.
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Other European countries are grouped into Traditionalists and Hesitators.
Industrie Vier Punt Nul: just back from SPS, the German automation show, it would be easy to form the opinion that the Internet of Things (otherwise known as Industry 4.0, or the loT) is thriving. But back in the UK, the future of innovation generally is being viewed with a mixture of excitement and trepidation