linger

linger

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1. viipyä

Esimerkkejä linger sanan käytöstä:

I like to linger in my garden after I have finished working there.

Synonyymisanakirja: linger

linger

1. siirtää, viedä, lähteä pois, viipyä, viivytellä, hidastella, löntystää, madella, olla, maleksia, lorvailla, lorvia, vetelehtiä, laiskotella, hengailla, viipyillä, vaania, pyöriä, tungeksia, seisoksia, munia, roikkua, kuljeksia, kuljeskella, epäröidä, empiä, jahkailla, aikailla, pysytellä, norkoilla.

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Riimisanakirja: linger

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Käännökset: linger

linger suomeksi

viivytellä, viipyillä, norkoilla, hidastella

• viipyä, viipyillä, viivytellä

• riutua

• tuumiskella

linger englanniksi

• puhekieltä To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter.

• 1859, w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, ch. 15:

His tone lingered in the air, almost like the tone of a musical instrument.

• 1891, w:Edith Wharton|Edith Wharton, "Mrs. Manstey's View":

She lingered in the window.

• 2011 April 25, Alice Park, "http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2065236,00.html Upgrading the Disaster," Time:

It takes into account . . . predictions of how long radioactive contaminants will linger in the soil and water near the nuclear facility.

• 2016 January 30, "http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/opinion/sunday/hillary-clinton-endorsement.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0 Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination," The New York Times (retrieved 30 January 2016):

Mrs. Clinton’s main opponent, Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-described Democratic Socialist, has proved to be more formidable than most people, including Mrs. Clinton, anticipated. He has brought income inequality and the lingering pain of the middle class to center stage and pushed Mrs. Clinton a bit more to the left than she might have gone on economic issues.

• puhekieltä To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.

• 1887, w:Thomas Hardy|Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders, ch. 14:

He lingered through the day, and died that evening as the sun went down.

• 1904, w:Andrew Lang|Andrew Lang, "Asmund and Signy" in The Brown Fairy Book:

During his absence the queen fell ill, and after lingering for some time she died.

• puhekieltä To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.

• 2011 April 14, Michael Scherer, "http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2065235,00.html Trump's Political Reality Show: Will the Donald Really Run for President?," Time:

Trump doesn't linger on the poll.

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