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Falter 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2

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Falter 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2

Falter 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 2

/ˈfɒl.təʳ/ (verb)

to become slow or stop doing something due to lack of strength or motivation, lose confidence, begin to fail, hesitate, blow hot and cold, vacillate, demur, waver, pause, weaken, abate, stutter, to move awkwardly, stumble, stagger, trip

The trouble was that the 43 excellent companies did not stay excellent for long. Many, including the star of the book, the computer company IBM, faltered soon after. Peters apologised in his later books.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Antonym: continue, persist

Adjective: faltering

Adverb: falteringly

Farsi: گيرکردن ، لکنت زبان پيدا کردن ، با شبهه وترديد سخن گفتن ، تزلزل يا لغزش پيداکردن


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