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to do with difficulty / to force sb to do sth / reluctant / barely enough
HSK 7-9
reluctant to part
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
HSK 7-9
reluctant to leave / to hate to have to go / to recall fondly
HSK 7-9
reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
HSK 7-9
to be lenient / to relent / to be reluctant to make a hard decision / to think twice
reluctant (to leave, to let go etc)
(idiom) reluctant to speak about it / tight-lipped
chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak
to cling to / to be reluctant to give up (sth) / to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)
to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave) / to linger on
reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind
reluctant to admit a mistake
reluctant to part
to be reluctant to sell sth
to be reluctant to give up a post
reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of
lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) / fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
lit. a worn-out horse is reluctant to leave the stable (idiom) / fig. a mediocre worker clings to a good position
lit. the old horse loves his stable / fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom)


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