English English Dictionary

insist in English:

1. insist on

I insist on having a lot of practice in English

he insist on paying for my dinner

Why did you insist on leaving early?

If you insist on something, you say that you must have it or it must be done.

I don't know why you insist on talking about it.

I will insist on opening the shops on Sunday.

to insist on doing sth

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2. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

English word "insist"(be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge) occurs in sets:

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3. put one's foot down

4. insist

Insist on the best.

You're playing with fire if you insist on riding your motorcycle without a helmet on.

Come in. I insist.

Why do you insist on paying for your school expenses yourself, when your parents are willing to give you financial support?

Some people insist that television does more harm than good.

It will make most Americans uncomfortable if you insist on their accepting expensive gifts.

It never occurred to me that he might insist on treating me to dinner.

If you insist, I'll have another drink.

Many Americans insist that immigrants speak English, but wouldn't a true language purist insist on Old English, wynns, thorns, edhs and all?

We insist that during the next three days you make decisions which are fair to all generations and which show an active concern for the environment.

And that's why for almost a hundred years, any employee has been able to go to his employer and insist on being paid in cash.

Not to harp on the same string, I still insist that those who drink should never drive.

Smart single women were insisting that every lover used a condom for protection from AIDS ans STDs.

She insisted on me having a rest. / She insisted that I (should) have a rest.

To say firmly that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you. Mia insisted that she and Carlo were just friends.

5. insistence

his insistence that they discuss the problem

It lays out his disregard for science, evident in his onetime insistence that smoking doesn’t cause cancerand a belief that alarms about climate change were “a secret effort to increase government control over people’s lives for some unstated diaboli

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6. on

It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the hood of a car.

If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.

on the table

I think it's dangerous to climb a mountain on a day when it's stormy.

We pigged out on pizza and chicken at lunchtime.

The background check on Tom turned up suspiciously little.

Tom boiled some eggs on the rocket stove that he had just built.

Tom lives on a farm with his wife, Mary, not too far from Boston.

You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.

He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.

People often lie about what they did on the weekend, so their friends won't realize how boring they really are.

Even though there were many cookies on the dish, I only ate three.

A bust of Aristotle stands on a pedestal in the entryway.

If it's okay for her to buy a knife, then why on earth can't I?

On Friday evenings, a group of us with spouses working overseas meet at Chuck's Bar and Grill.

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7. on doing

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8. that sb should do

9. demand

How to meet future energy demand is a big question we must consider.

to demand

Decency, security, and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen.

The Parisian police, he said, "are exceedingly able in their way. They are persevering, ingenious, cunning, and thoroughly versed in the knowledge which their duties seem chiefly to demand."

This new model of car is so popular that they have had to open a new factory to meet the demand.

The current imbalance between supply and demand is considered to reflect structural changes on the demand side, rather than being a cyclical phenomenon.

In Japan there are a lot of translations from English to Japanese and from Japanese to English, but there isn't much real demand for Japanese to Spanish or Spanish to Japanese.

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.

I'm afraid this sounds like a demand, but could you return the money I lent you the other day?

They vote in secret, may seek public office, and may demand the removal of public officials who behave improperly.

What Microsoft is launching is a beta version of its "NetShow streaming server"; it supplies video and audio on demand.

Sales at the company zoomed thanks to brisk export demand, but profit did not keep up because of intense competition.

"I want to know who threw away the batteriries." He demanded to know who threw away the batteriries

Women should demand more respect. (Kobiety powinny domagać się większego szacunku.) Who gave you the right to demand anything? (Kto dał ci prawo, żeby czegokolwiek żądać?)

According to the author Joe Marconi, books that are labeled "Harvard Classics" can demand twice the price.

10. insistent

Why are you so insistent that we leave tonight?

a loud insistent voice from somewhere deep in my brain interrupted-there's always a first time for everything.

They were insistent on having a contract for the work.

I'm sorry, Miss Rochev, but he was very... insistent. / I didn't want to take anything, but Howard was very insistent.

In the Netherlands, if a child is too insistent on asking for a cookie, he might be punished and get no cookie.