āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to linger
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āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§, āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to stay somewhere longer because one does not want to leave
Intransitive: to linger somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the vacation neared its end, the family chose to linger on the beach.
āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻļā§āώā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the performance ended, the applause lingered in the theater.
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āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to remain alive in a weakened or deteriorating condition
Intransitive: to linger sometime
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He lingered for days, holding on to life in the quiet of the hospital room.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āώā§āϰ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŦāύ āϧāϰ⧠āϰā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§, āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to remain focused on something
Transitive: to linger on sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She lingered on the painting, captivated by its intricate details.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽā§āĻā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāϞāĻž
to intentionally prolong the completion of an action or process
Transitive: to linger in sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lawyer decided to linger in finalizing the contract, wanting to ensure every detail was perfect.
āĻāĻāύāĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the sun began to set, he lingered homeward, enjoying the peaceful evening air and the sound of rustling leaves.
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