dawdle russian

задержа́ться
to linger, to stay (longer), to stay on
to be delayed, to be held up
to dawdle, to take too long
дрема́ть
to doze, to slumber, to nod, to dawdle
копоши́ться
to swarm about, to teem, to stir, to crawl about
to potter about, to putter around, to busy oneself, to dawdle
to fumble (with something), to rummage, to root about, to fiddle
тели́ться
to calve
to dawdle, to dither, to drag one's feet
вала́ндаться
to dawdle, to loiter, to hang about, to waste time
to mess about (with), to fuss (with), to struggle (with)
волы́нить
to procrastinate, to dawdle, to delay, to slack
каните́литься
to dawdle, to mess about
прокопа́ться
to dawdle, to mess about, to take ages
to dig one's way through, to dig through
проме́шкать
to linger, to dawdle
вожжа́ться
to bother oneself (with), to trouble oneself (with), to fuss (with)
to dawdle, to mess around, to take one's time
кало́ша
galosh, overshoe, rubber boot
slowcoach, dawdler, sleepyhead
old banger, jalopy, rattletrap
ро́хля
dawdler, slowcoach, sluggard, slowpoke
wimp, loser, good-for-nothing
волы́нщик
piper, dawdler
копу́н
dawdler
копу́нья
dawdler
поплётшийся
having trudged, having dragged oneself along, having dawdled

Examples

Мы замешкались и опоздали на поезд.
We dawdled and missed the train.
Не мешкай, поезд уходит через минуту!
Don't dawdle—the train leaves in a minute!
Не волынь, работу надо сдать завтра.
Don’t dawdle—the work has to be submitted tomorrow.
Этот волынщик опять затягивает простое дело.
That dawdler is delaying a simple task again.
Не будь волынщиком, закончи работу быстрее.
Don’t be such a dawdler; finish the work faster.
Не канителься, собери вещи побыстрее.
Don’t dawdle—pack your things quickly.
Дети канителились с домашним заданием весь вечер.
The children dawdled over their homework all evening.
Мой брат настоящий копун, всегда опаздывает.
My brother is a real dawdler; he is always late.
Этот копун снова заставил всех ждать.
That dawdler made everyone wait again.
Моя сестра известная копунья в семье.
My sister is the biggest dawdler in the family.
Копунья вечно теряет время по мелочам.
That dawdler is always wasting time on trivial things.
Мы немного промешкали и опоздали на поезд.
We dawdled a little and missed the train.
Не промешкай слишком долго, время идёт.
Don't dawdle for too long; time is passing.
Он не любит годить и решает все сразу.
He doesn’t like to dawdle and makes all his decisions at once.
Промешкавший студент опоздал на важный экзамен.
The student who had dawdled was late for an important exam.