dawdle

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

Translation

vi. kugunduka kwa muda kwa kuwa polepole au kupumzika
Word Forms
Past Tensedawdled
Present Participledawdling
Third Person Singulardawdles
Pluraldawdles
Past Participledawdled

Example Sentences

dawdle away one's time

kupoteza wakati kwa urafiki

I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.

Hakuwezi kucheza na kahawa yangu tena.

Ruth dawdled back through the wood.

Ruth alirudi polepole kupitia misitu.

He dawdled away his time.

Alitumia muda wake kwa kupoteza wakati.

Billy dawdled behind her all morning.

Billy alirudi nyuma yake kwa muda wote wa asubuhi.

The job hunter dawdled all morning but achieved nothing.

Mtafuta kazi alipoteza muda wote wa asubuhi lakini hakufanikiwa kufanya chochote.

Real-world Examples

This is not a place to dawdle.

Huu si mahali pa kuruka.

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

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

Sawa, basi hakuna muda wa kuruka, kama vile?

Source: Lost Girl Season 4

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

" Tunaona," Davos alisema. " Kujifunza, mtoto, hatupaswi kuruka" .

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.

Lakini wakati treni iliruka katika kituo baada ya kituo, nilianza kushangaa.

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 alitambua alikuwa amekuruka kwa makusudi, akijaribu kuwa mmoja wa mwisho kwenye chumba na 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.

Ni wakati wangu kuanza kusogea kwenye mwelekeo wangu, sio tu kuruka nyuma ya 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.

Ukiondolewa, asante, aliruka kurudi kwenye stabi yake katika eneo la shirika.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

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

Marufu yangu, usiruke kwenye galley.

Source: Accompany you to sleep.

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

" Si kama" inamaanisha mimi si – mimi si kuruka.

Source: 2009 ESLPod

It's not like I'm dawdling here.

Si kama mimi niko kuruka hapa.

Source: 2009 ESLPod

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