1. lingering
lingering effect
A simple visit or phone call from family members might have a lingering positive influence on patients with Alzheimer's disease, even though the patient may quickly forget the visit or phone call
... of the aboriginal peoples, lingering Imperial British attachments, rivalry...
or possibly because there is lingering activity work to complete
2. reluctant
One glance at his face told me that he was reluctant to work.
What on earth could be in our files that made them so reluctant to give us access?
The police are reluctant to pursue criminal charges in medical cases.
Perhaps reluctant acceptance.
Investors are reluctant to take on long-term risk given the uncertainties over the economy.
For all his cleverness, he is always reluctant to give his views.
I'm reluctant to let myself be known in strange company.
The restraining role that the community once played is losing its force as adults become reluctant to reprimand other people's unruly children.
I am not reluctant to emphasise my own point of view in meetings.
I cannot understand why we are so reluctant to tell consumers where products are made.
Some judges are reluctant to permit four-legged companions in court, because they are concerned about noise disturbances, distracting jurors and smelly accidents.
I’m reluctant to focus on just one factor at this stage
Courts are genelarry reluctant to interfere in company internal affairs
If you still feel reluctant about marrying John maybe you shouldn't do it at all?
I was rather reluctant to lend him the car because he's such a fast driver.
Inglese parola "ociągający się"(reluctant) si verifica in set:
Rybinski ksztalty, kolory3. backward
He fell backward.
At a certain age, it's not viable for men to take a backward step into unskilled work... the backward nomadic hunting societies.
He bent over backward to please his wife.
don't look backwards.
The actress fell backward over the stage.
For a long time society was strongly hierarchal and unequal, primarily composed of peasants. The most backward, impoverished population, were crushed by the weight of the taxes, wars, and famines.
Social conditions are going backward rather than forward.
It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system.
She is backward in expressing her opinion.
He is backward in science.
she had spent years in a small backward village
The people may seem a little backward but they're very friendly.
Count backward from 10.
a backward glance
The t's are written with a backward slant.
4. sluggish
I've been sluggish recently.
In view of sluggish growth of economy there is not much enthusiasm in the financial markets.
I'm always sluggish in the morning
He is a sluggish student.
Mr. Smith ran his sluggish horse along the country roads.
... cortex will be more sluggish.
The service in that Chinese buffet was really sluggish
sluggish service
A heavy lunch makes me sluggish in the afternoon
Thereafter the story became more sluggish
He felt very heavy and sluggish after the meal.
I see them being sluggish, even for skaa.
Economic recovery has so far been sluggish.
He is a sluggish worker. I want him out of the company.
The president wants to jump-start the sluggish economy by lowering taxes.
5. hesitant
Maybe now you are hesitant, but when you are on holiday, you will be grateful for my decisions.
I'm a little hesitant to ask a favor of that person.
I'm rather hesitant about asking him a favor.
his narration was hesitant
He was hesitant to change his mind.
You seemed a bit hesitant about recommending that restaurant
You seemed a bit hesitant about recommending that restaurant - is something wrong with it?
Well, I was a little hesitant to say anything.
Pooling on the floor and creeping across the dirt like a hesitant animal.
She was hesitant about returning to her home town
If you are hesitant, you do not do something immediately or quickly because you are nervous or not certain: You seemed a bit hesitant about recommending that restaurant - is something wrong with it?
Clients are hesitant about buying.
"Don't be so hesitant. Make your choice finally"
Many witnesses are still hesitant to come forward.
a hesitant female voice said, “Hola?”
6. procrastinator