truant

1. An idle or lazy person; an idler.

2. (specifically)A student who is absent from school without permission; hence (figurative), a person who shirks or wanders from business or duty.

   Schwänzer, Schwänzerin, Schulschwänzer

   прогу́льщикprogúlʹščik, прогу́льщицаprogúlʹščica

   прогульникprohulʹnyk, сачокsačok

   one who is absent from school without permission

3. (obsolete)Synonym of sturdy beggar (“a person who was fit and able to work, but lived as a beggar or vagrant instead”); hence, a worthless person; a rogue, a scoundrel.

1. Fritz admits he often plays truant.

   Фріц визнає, що він часто прогулює школу.

   deFritz gibt zu, dass er oft die Schule schwänzt.

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2. Every school pupil has played truant at some time or another.

   Кожен школяр хоча б раз у житті прогулював уроки.

   deJeder Schüler hat irgendwann mal die Schule geschwänzt.

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3. I often played truant.

   Я часто прогулював школу.

   ruЯ часто прогуливал школу.

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4. Did Tom use to play truant?

   ruТом прогуливал уроки?

   dePflegte Tom die Schule zu schwänzen?

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5. Quite a few students played truant from school.

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