dawdle

1. (transitive)Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.

   to dawdle away the whole morning

   herumtrödeln, herumlungern, herumbummeln

   каните́литьсяkanitélitʹsja, ме́длитьmédlitʹ, ме́шкатьméškatʹ

2. (intransitive)To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.

   bummeln, klüngeln, nölen

   безде́льничатьbezdélʹničatʹ, копа́тьсяkopátʹsja, топта́тьсяtoptátʹsja

   ба́братисяbábratysja

   waste time

3. (intransitive)To move or walk lackadaisically.

   If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won’t get as much exercise.

   bummeln, trödeln

   плести́сьplestísʹ, шля́тьсяšljátʹsja, тащи́тьсяtaščítʹsja

1. Don't dawdle on the way home.

   Не лови ґав по дорозі додому. — deniko

   deTrödle auf dem Heimweg nicht. — Dani6187

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2. Come along now, you mustn't dawdle.

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3. We haven't got time to dawdle.

   deWir haben keine Zeit zum Trödeln! — Yorwba

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4. We don't have time to dawdle.

   deWir haben keine Zeit zum Trödeln! — Yorwba

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5. Don't dawdle about, make haste!

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