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медля

v 		stresses
obs. temporizingly
медлить v
gen. back-pedal; stickle; be long; be slow; defer; delay; draggle; hang up; hold over; mark time; procrastinate (to delay or put off doing something); protract; stay (особ. в повел. накл.); be in no haste to do (с чем-либо); be slow off the mark (Anglophile); drag one's feet (V.O.K.); back pedal; drag out; be tardy; dawdle; detain; retard; linger; loiter; pause; temporize; hesitate (в контексте Рина Грант); temporise (VLZ_58); boggle (VLZ_58); be in no haste to do something (с чем-либо); stall (cognachennessy); dally; deferment; drill someone on; drive off; post off; hang back
Игорь Миг take one's sweet time; drag it out; drag this out
agric. hang off (о лошади в пароконной упряжке)
amer. dally (Please don't dally. We need you here right away. Val_Ships); miss a beat (Not missing a beat, she outlined all the reasons for her decision. Val_Ships)
austral., slang leg-rope; mooch
book. tarry
el. hang-up
fig. hang fire; drag on (Vadim Rouminsky); wire
inf. drag one's heels (We were planning a vacation, but the baby's illness pulled the rug out from under us. Nevtutor); to dilly-dally (Andrey Truhachev); dillydally (VLZ_58); shilly-shally (VLZ_58); dawdle (VLZ_58)
law balance; demur
Makarov. hang a leg; hang the groin; hedge; drag feet
Makarov., inf. hang about; hang around; hang round
math. lag
obs. belate; dandle; while; whiles; whilst
tech., obs. procrastinate
uncom. slack
медленный prtc.
slang poky; poogie
медля
: 60 phrases in 17 subjects
Automated equipment1
Business1
Chess1
Construction1
Economics2
Figure of speech1
General22
Idiomatic2
Informal1
Jargon1
Makarov14
Mass media1
Politics1
Proverb4
Rail transport2
Slang3
Technology2

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