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| has gloss | (verb) utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd" hem and haw |
| lexicalization | eng: hem and haw |
| subclass of | (verb) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused" pause, hesitate |
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| Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexicalization | cmn: hēng r5 hā r |
| lexicalization | cmn: 哼儿哈儿 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 哼兒哈兒 |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: nicht mit der Sprache herauswollen |
| lexicalization | deu: herumdrucksen |
| Finnish | |
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| lexicalization | fin: soutaa ja huovata |
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