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бездельничать — meaning in English

bezdelnichat

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English meaning

  • dally verb To waste time or delay unnecessarily.
  • dawdle verb To move slowly or take much longer than necessary, often because of a lack of urgency.
  • dilly dally verb To waste time by moving too slowly or by being unable to make up your mind.
  • idle adj Not working, active, or in use.
  • laze verb To be lazy, waste time.
  • loaf noun A shaped mass of baked bread, or a similarly shaped block of another food.
  • loll verb To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
  • lollygag verb To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
  • lounge verb To relax or recline in a lazy, unhurried way.
  • shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
  • slack adj Loose; not pulled tight.

Senses

бездельничать is used for these senses in English:

  • dally To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
  • laze To be lazy, waste time.
  • loaf (intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle.
  • loll (intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]
  • lollygag (US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
  • lounge (intransitive) To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
  • slack (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.

dally — full definition

  1. verb To waste time or delay unnecessarily.
  2. verb To flirt or engage in a casual romance.

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