Hésiter nerveusement, ne pas savoir se décider.
To be indecisive or hesitate nervously about something
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Elle a tendance à tergiverser au moment des décisions importantes. — She tends to dither when making important decisions.
Dans un état d'indécision, elle n'arrivait pas à choisir sa robe. — In a state of dither, she couldn't make up her mind about which dress to wear.
Ne tergiverse pas — signe le formulaire. — Don't dither — just sign the form.
La nouvelle a plongé tout le bureau dans un état d'indécision. — The news put the whole office in a dither.
Nous avons trop tergiversé et avons perdu l'appartement. — We dithered too long and lost the apartment.
Pourquoi es-tu dans un tel état d'indécision pour un court voyage ? — Why are you in such a dither about a short trip?
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