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wriggle russian

  • вы́крутиться

    to wriggle out, to find a way out, to get off the hook

    to come unscrewed, to twist out

  • отби́ться

    to fight off, to fight back, to repel, to beat off

    to stray (from a group), to get separated, to fall behind

    to get out of (a duty), to wriggle out of, to fend off (demands)

  • ви́ться

    to twine, to climb, to wind around

    to curl, to be wavy

    to circle, to hover, to wheel

    to flutter, to whirl, to swirl, to eddy

    to wind, to meander, to snake

    to writhe, to wriggle, to twist

  • отверте́ться

    to wriggle out (of something), to get out (of doing something), to get off

    to come loose, to come unscrewed, to work loose

  • выкру́чиваться

    to wriggle out, to find a way out (of a predicament), to talk one's way out, to get off scot-free

    to unscrew, to come unscrewed, to screw out

  • извива́ться

    to coil, to wriggle, to twist, to wind

  • отма́заться

    to wriggle out of, to get out of, to dodge (a duty), to make excuses

    to clear oneself, to get off the hook, to prove one's innocence

  • юли́ть

    to fidget, to wriggle, to bustle about, to fuss

    to fawn, to ingratiate oneself, to curry favour

  • вы́вернуться

    to turn inside out, to wriggle out, to twist oneself free

  • извора́чиваться

    to wriggle out, to dodge (a situation), to prevaricate, to find a way out

    to twist away, to wriggle free, to dodge (physically), to get away

  • трепыха́ться

    to flutter, to flap, to quiver, to wriggle

    to be agitated, to fret, to be in a flap

  • изверну́ться

    to wriggle out of it, to find a way out of a difficult situation, to manage somehow

    to dodge, to twist away, to slip free, to escape

  • откру́чиваться

    to come unscrewed, to come off, to work loose

    to get out of, to wriggle out of, to make excuses

  • отбры́киваться

    to wriggle out of (something), to fend off, to shake off, to get out of

    to resist stubbornly, to dig in one's heels, to refuse to budge

    to kick out, to kick back

  • поёрзать

    to fidget a bit, to wriggle a bit, to shuffle slightly

  • вывёртываться

    to wriggle out, to find a way out, to get off scot-free

    to come unscrewed, to work loose, to come out

    to turn inside out, to be turned outward

    to slip out, to wriggle free

    to pop up, to appear suddenly, to emerge

    to get dislocated, to be twisted

  • отма́зывавшийся

    who was making excuses, who was trying to wriggle out of something, who was trying to excuse oneself

  • вы́крутившийся

    having extricated oneself, having wriggled out, having escaped (from a difficult situation)

  • отверте́вшийся

    having wriggled out, having escaped, having evaded

  • изверну́вшийся

    having wriggled out, having twisted, having dodged

  • вы́кувырнутый

    dug out, prised out, dislodged, wriggled out

  • вы́кувырнувшийся

    wriggled out, popped out

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