отвлекаться — meaning in English
otvlekatsya
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English meaning
- digress verb To wander away from the main topic when speaking or writing.
- sidetrack noun A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction); a railroad siding.
Senses
отвлекаться is used for these senses in English:
- digress (intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
- sidetrack To divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action with an alternate or less relevant topic or activity; or, to use deliberate trickery or sly wordplay when talking to (a person) in order to avoid discussion of a subject.
sidetrack — full definition
- noun A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction); a railroad siding.
- noun Any auxiliary railroad track, as differentiated from a siding, that runs adjacent to the main track.
- noun A smaller tunnel or well drilled as an auxiliary off a main tunnel or well.
- noun An alternate train of thought, issue, topic, or activity, that is a deviation or distraction from the topic at hand or central activity, and secondary or subordinate in importance or effectiveness.