hésiter

Le capitaine de vingt-cinq ans avait décidé seul de s’aventurer dans une rivière inconnue, là où un vapeur à fond plat aurait hésité.
On his own, the twenty-five-year old Captain had decided to venture into an unknown river where even a flat-bottomed steamer would have hesitated.
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