sidetracked russian

• отвлека́ться

  to get distracted (from), to be distracted (from), to let one's attention wander

  to get distracted (by), to get sidetracked (onto)

  to take one's mind off things, to find a distraction

  to digress, to stray from the subject

  to disregard, to leave aside, to abstract away (from)

• разброса́ться

  to spread oneself too thin, to get sidetracked, to scatter one's efforts

• отвлека́вшийся

  distracted, sidetracked, preoccupied

Examples

• Заня́тия господи́на Сузуки интере́сны, но он постоянно отвлека́ется на отступле́ния, поэтому мы никогда не добива́емся хоро́ших результа́тов с нашими уче́бниками.

  Mr. Suzuki's classes are interesting, but his stories always get sidetracked, so we never make any good progress in our textbooks.

• Не отвлека́йтесь.

  Don't get sidetracked.

• Не отвлека́йся.

  Don't get sidetracked.