dawdle

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

Translation

vi. å bruke tid på å være sakte eller ledig
Word Forms
Past Tensedawdled
Present Participledawdling
Third Person Singulardawdles
Pluraldawdles
Past Participledawdled

Example Sentences

dawdle away one's time

sløse bort tiden

I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.

Jeg kunne ikke dawdle over kaffen min lengre.

Ruth dawdled back through the wood.

Ruth dawdlet tilbake gjennom skogen.

He dawdled away his time.

Han dawdlet bort tiden sin.

Billy dawdled behind her all morning.

Billy dawdlet bak henne hele morgenen.

The job hunter dawdled all morning but achieved nothing.

Jobbsøkere dawdlet hele morgenen, men oppnådde ingenting.

Real-world Examples

This is not a place to dawdle.

Dette er ikke et sted for å drøfte.

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

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

Vel, det er ikke tid til å drøfte da, er det ikke?

Source: Lost Girl Season 4

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

" Vi vet, " sa Davos. " Kom, gutt, vi må ikke drøfte" .

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.

Men når tågen drøvde stasjon for stasjon, begynte jeg å tvile.

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 kunne se at han hadde drøvde med vilje, og ønsket å være sist i rommet med 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.

Det er på tide at jeg går min egen vei, ikke bare drøfte i Marys spor.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

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

Når du ble kastet av, selvfølgelig, gikk han drøvde tilbake til sin stallo i slottet.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

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

Neste gang skal jeg si, ikke drøfte i galéen.

Source: Accompany you to sleep.

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

" Det er ikke som" betyr at jeg ikke er – jeg drøfter ikke.

Source: 2009 ESLPod

It's not like I'm dawdling here.

Det er ikke slik at jeg drøfter her.

Source: 2009 ESLPod

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