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Usages of insister
Elle a refusé de partir plus tôt, et j’ai insisté pour l’attendre après le cours.
She refused to leave earlier, and I insisted on waiting for her after class.
Si tu insistes, nous irons soit au café du quartier, soit au restaurant près du parc.
If you insist, we will go either to the neighborhood café or to the restaurant near the park.
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