vaciller

vaciller [vasije]

➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb

   a. ( = chanceler) [personne] to sway (to and fro)

• vaciller sur ses jambes to be unsteady on one's legs

   b. [flamme, lumière] to flicker

   c. [courage] to waver ; [raison] to fail ; [mémoire] to be failing

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vasije

verbe intransitif

1) (être chancelant) [personne] to be unsteady on one's legs; [jambes] to be unsteady

2) (osciller) [personne, objet] to sway; [lumière, flamme] to flicker

3) (se détériorer) [santé, mémoire, raison] to fail; [pouvoir, majorité] to weaken

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vasije vi

1) (= sur ses jambes) [personne] to be unsteady on one's feet

2) [bougie, lumière] to flicker

3) fig, [pouvoir, empire] to falter, [santé] to fail, [mémoire, résolution, courage] to falter

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vaciller verb table: aimer vi

1 (être chancelant) [personne] to be unsteady on one's legs; [jambes] to be unsteady;

2 (osciller) [personne, objet] to sway; [lumière, flamme] to flicker;

3 (se détériorer) [santé, mémoire, raison] to fail; [pouvoir, majorité] to weaken;

4 (hésiter) [volonté, politique] to waver; vaciller dans ses résolutions to waver in one's resolutions.

[vasije] verbe intransitif

1. [tituber - bébé] to totter ; [ - ivrogne] to sway, to stagger

vaciller sur ses jambes to be unsteady on one's legs

elle vacilla sur ses jambes her legs nearly gave way under her

2. [chaise, pile de livres] to wobble

3. [flamme] to flicker

4. [raison, courage] to falter, to waver

[voix] to falter, to shake

[mémoire] to be failing, to falter

elle n'a jamais vacillé dans ses prises de position she has never wavered in her attitude