English-French translation for "to dawdle"

 

"to dawdle" French translation

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to dawdle {verb}

to dawdle [dawdled|dawdled] {vb} (also: to dally, to dilly-dally)

to dawdle [dawdled|dawdled] {vb} (also: to lag, to lag behind, to lie about, to lie around)

While Canadians dawdle, people die.

Pendant que le gouvernement fait traîner les choses, les Canadiens meurent.

We must not dawdle on this, however.

Mais l'on ne doit pas traîner.

Since then we have dawdled and dragged our feet over the reform of these institutions.

Et depuis on lanterne, on tergiverse dans la réforme de ces institutions.
 

Synonyms

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Usage examples

Usage examples for "to dawdle" in French

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What're you dawdling around here for?

Qu'est-ce que tu as à traînailler, toi?

lf you're gonna dawdle, I'm gonna step across the street.

Si tu y passes toute ta soirée, je vais aller en face.

Similar words

daughters · daunting · dauntless · dauntlessly · dauphin · Dauphiné · Dave · davenport · David · DAW · dawdle · dawdler · dawn · dawning · day · day-blind · day-for-night · day-nursery · day-pupil · day-school · day-to-day

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