adj.
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stresses
gen.
shirker ; equivocatory
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gen.
shirk (She shirked telling him the bad news that night ) ; boggle ; prevaricate (with no prep.) ; dodge ; equivocate ; tergiversate ; wriggle (см. wriggle out of • Are you trying to wriggle out of going to the meeting? cambridge.org ) ; fudge (от чего-либо) ; shy ; flinch (от неприятных обязанностей) ; funk (not to do (something) because one is afraid • She funked the appointment ) ; scuttle ; scuttler ; shy away ; shy off ; hem and haw ; squirm ; palter ; shuffle ; side-step ; crap out ; practise equivocation (ssn ) ; jink ; quibble ; skive (от работы) ; scrimshank ; weasel ou (weasel out of their responsibilities 4uzhoj ) ; meander (Exotic Hadron ) ; weasel out (weasel out of their responsibilities 4uzhoj ) ; finesse (VLZ_58 ) ; play coy (уклоняться от ответа) ; cop out (Баян ) ; whiffle ; get out of (doing something) ; try to get out of ; cop a plea ; hedge (to avoid giving a clear answer to a question)
amer.
split hairs (Val_Ships )
austral.
squib (VLZ_58 ) ; bludge (VLZ_58 )
austral., slang
um and ah
dipl.
sneak
Gruzovik, inf.
elude (impf of увильнуть ) ; evade (impf of увильнуть ) ; try to get out of (impf of увильнуть )
idiom.
worm one's way out of sth (He wormed his way out of the work again! Bob_cat ) ; give sb. the runaround (to fail to give someone information or help that he or she needs by not answering questions or by not dealing with the problem directly (Merriam-Webster) | to deliberately avoid giving someone a definite answer, especially when they are asking you to do something (Longman) -- о действиях чиновников, бюрократов • Their customer representatives keep giving me the runaround. • Every time we ask the landlord about fixing the roof, he gives us the runaround. ART Vancouver )
inf.
evade ; try to get out (of) ; stall ; cop out (от исполнения чего-либо • he copped out at the last moment Val_Ships ) ; avoid (with от)
inf., austral.
squib
law
equivocate (от прямого ответа)
Makarov.
hedge (от риска, ответственности, прямого ответа ии т.п.) ; fudge on (от чего-либо) ; duck away ; duck out ; sneak out ; wriggle from
Makarov., inf.
stall off ; wriggle out of
slang
dog ; hoosier up ; blow off ; flup the dub (от работы, от обязанностей)
tech.
swerve