falter
/ˈfɔltəɹ/ verbo B2En español: flaquear, fallar
- To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
- To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
- To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
- To stumble.
- To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
- To hesitate in purpose or action.
- To cleanse or sift, as barley.
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“Anne Shirley,” reluctantly faltered forth the owner of that name, “but, oh, please do call me Cordelia.
“O-o-o-h,” faltered Anne.
“Anne Shirley,” faltered the shrinking child, not daring to make any stipulations regarding the spelling thereof, “and I’m eleven years old.”
“But--but,” faltered Anne, “Diana says that everybody must take a basket of things to eat.
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