dawdle

[US]/ˈdɔːdl/
[UK]/ˈdɔːdl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. membuang waktu dengan menjadi lambat atau malas
Word Forms
Past Tensedawdled
Present Participledawdling
Third Person Singulardawdles
Pluraldawdles
Past Participledawdled

Example Sentences

dawdle away one's time

membuang-buang waktu

I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.

Saya tidak bisa menunda-nunda meminum kopi lagi.

Ruth dawdled back through the wood.

Ruth berjalan-jalan kembali melewati hutan.

He dawdled away his time.

Dia membuang-buang waktunya.

Billy dawdled behind her all morning.

Billy mengikuti di belakangnya sepanjang pagi.

The job hunter dawdled all morning but achieved nothing.

Pencari kerja berjalan-jalan sepanjang pagi tetapi tidak mencapai apa pun.

Real-world Examples

This is not a place to dawdle.

Ini bukan tempat untuk berlama-lama.

Source: Earth's Pulse Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)

Well, there's no time to dawdle then, is there?

Yah, tidak ada waktu untuk berlama-lama, kan?

Source: Lost Girl Season 4

" We know, " Davos said. " Come, lad, we must not dawdle" .

“ Kami tahu,” kata Davos. “ Ayo, nak, kita tidak boleh berlama-lama.”

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

But when the train dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder.

Tetapi ketika kereta berlama-lama di stasiun demi stasiun, saya mulai bertanya-tanya.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Three (Translation)

Harry could tell he had dawdled deliberately, wanting to be last in the room with Slughorn.

Harry bisa tahu bahwa dia sengaja berlama-lama, ingin menjadi yang terakhir di ruangan dengan Slughorn.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

It's time for me to strike out in my own direction, not just dawdle in Mary's wake.

Sudah waktunya bagiku untuk bergerak maju dalam arahku sendiri, tidak hanya berlama-lama di belakang Mary.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

When you were knocked off, of course, he went dawdling back to his stable in the castle.

Ketika kamu terjatuh, tentu saja, dia kembali berlama-lama ke kandangnya di kastil.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Next time I'll say, don't dawdle in the galley.

Lain kali saya akan katakan, jangan berlama-lama di dapur.

Source: Accompany you to sleep.

" It's not like" means I am not – I am not dawdling.

“ Ini bukan seperti” berarti saya bukan – saya tidak sedang berlama-lama.

Source: 2009 ESLPod

It's not like I'm dawdling here.

Ini bukan seperti saya sedang berlama-lama di sini.

Source: 2009 ESLPod

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