dawdle

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Ordformer
Past Tensedawdled
Present Participledawdling
Third Person Singulardawdles
Pluraldawdles
Past Participledawdled

Eksempelsætninger

dawdle away one's time

spilde en's tid

I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.

Jeg kunne ikke nøje med at drikke min kaffe længere.

Ruth dawdled back through the wood.

Ruth slentrede tilbage gennem skoven.

He dawdled away his time.

Han sløsede sin tid væk.

Billy dawdled behind her all morning.

Billy slentrede bag hende hele formiddagen.

The job hunter dawdled all morning but achieved nothing.

Jobjageren slentrede hele formiddagen, men opnåede ingenting.

Virkelige Eksempler

This is not a place to dawdle.

Dette er ikke et sted at sløve.

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

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

Nå, der er ingen tid til at sløve, vel?

Kilde: Lost Girl Season 4

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

" Vi ved det, " sagde Davos. " Kom, dreng, vi må ikke sløve."

Kilde: 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 da toget sløvede ved station efter station, begyndte jeg at spekulere.

Kilde: 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 bevidst havde sløvet, og ønskede at være den sidste i rummet med Slughorn.

Kilde: 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 tid for mig at gå i min egen retning, ikke bare sløve i Marys kølvand.

Kilde: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

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

Da du blev slået omkuld, tog han selvfølgelig sløvende tilbage til sit stutteri i slottet.

Kilde: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

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

Næste gang vil jeg sige: sløv ikke i lastrummet.

Kilde: Accompany you to sleep.

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

" Det er ikke som" betyder, at jeg ikke er - jeg sløver ikke.

Kilde: 2009 ESLPod

It's not like I'm dawdling here.

Det er ikke sådan, at jeg sløver her.

Kilde: 2009 ESLPod

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