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1 idle
1. adjective1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) inactivo2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) desocupado3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) vão4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) vão2. verb1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) preguiçar2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) rodar•- idler- idleness
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- idle away* * *i.dle['aidəl] vt+vi 1 ficar à toa, perder tempo. 2 trabalhar sem carga (motor). • adj 1 inativo, desocupado. 2 ineficiente, inútil. 3 indolente, preguiçoso, negligente. to idle away the time perder o tempo à toa. to run idle Eng trabalhar sem carga. -
2 idle away
(to spend (time) doing nothing: idling the hours away.) desperdiçar -
3 idle away
(to spend (time) doing nothing: idling the hours away.) desperdiçar -
4 to idle away the time
to idle away the timeperder o tempo à toa. -
5 drone
[drəun] 1. noun1) (the male of the bee.) zangão2) (a person who is lazy and idle.) malandro3) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) zumbido2. verb1) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) zumbir2) (to speak in a dull, boring voice: The lecturer droned on and on.) desfiar uma cantilena* * *[droun] n 1 Ent zangão. 2 fig parasita, ocioso, vadio. 3 zumbido, zunido, ronco. 4 som contínuo e monótono. 5 Mus bordão. 6 avião teleguiado. 7 som grave produzido pelos tubos contrabaixos na gaita de foles. • vt+vi 1 vadiar, mandriar, passar vida ociosa. 2 falar em tom monótono ou sonolento. 3 zumbir, zunir, sussurrar, roncar. to drone away the time matar o tempo.
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