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1 fritter
/'fritə/ * danh từ - món rán - (số nhiều) (như) fenks * ngoại động từ - chia nhỏ ra - phung phí (thì giờ, tiền của...) =to fritter away one's time on useless things+ lãng phí thì giờ vào những việc vô ích -
2 verplempern
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3 vergeuden
- {to dawdle} lãng phí, lêu lỏng, đi nhởn, la cà lãng phí thời gian, làm chậm chạp, đà đẫn, lần nữa, dây dưa - {to dilapidate} làm hư nát, làm đổ nát, làm long tay gãy ngõng, làm xác xơ, phung phí - {to dissipate} xua tan, làm tiêu tan, tiêu mòn, làm hao mòn, uổng phí, làm tản mạn, làm lãng, nội động từ, tiêu tan, chơi bời phóng đãng - {to lose (lost,lost) mất không còn nữa, mất, mất hút, không thấy nữa, lạc, thất lạc, bỏ lỡ, bỏ uổng, bỏ qua, thua, bại, bỏ phí, làm hại, làm mất, làm hư, di hại, chậm, dạng bị động mê man, say sưa - chìm đắm, triền miên, mất hết không còn nữa, bị lu mờ, mất ý nghĩa, mất hay - {to scatter} tung, rải, rắc, gieo, đuổi chạy tán loạn, làm tan, toả, lia, quét - {to squander} hoang phí, tiêu như phá - {to waste} để lỡ, bỏ hoang, tàn phá, làm hao mòn dần, làm hư hỏng, làm mất phẩm chất, hao mòn, trôi qua = vergeuden (Zeit) {to fritter away}+
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fritter away — (something) to waste money, time, or an opportunity. He was known to fritter away huge sums betting on the horses. I didn t do anything over vacation I just frittered it away. Usage notes: usually used to show disapproval … New idioms dictionary
fritter away — verb spend frivolously and unwisely Fritter away one s inheritance • Syn: ↑fritter, ↑frivol away, ↑dissipate, ↑shoot, ↑fool, ↑fool away • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fritter away — v. (D; tr.) to fritter away on (to fritter away one s time away on trifles) * * * [ frɪtə(r)ə weɪ] (D; tr.) to fritter away on (to fritter away one s time away on trifles) … Combinatory dictionary
fritter away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms fritter away : present tense I/you/we/they fritter away he/she/it fritters away present participle frittering away past tense frittered away past participle frittered away to waste time or money on things that … English dictionary
fritter away — verb To squander or waste. “There is little need,” said the monk, with a meaning look, “to fritter away the time in gewgaws.” … Wiktionary
fritter away — phr verb Fritter away is used with these nouns as the object: ↑money, ↑time … Collocations dictionary
fritter away something — fritter away (something) to waste money, time, or an opportunity. He was known to fritter away huge sums betting on the horses. I didn t do anything over vacation I just frittered it away. Usage notes: usually used to show disapproval … New idioms dictionary
fritter away — PHRASAL VERB If someone fritters away time or money, they waste it on unimportant or unnecessary things. [V P n (not pron)] The firm soon started frittering away the cash it was generating... [V n P] I seem to fritter my time away at coffee… … English dictionary
fritter away — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly: consume, dissipate, fool away, riot away, squander, throw away, trifle away, waste. Slang: blow1. See SAVE … English dictionary for students
fritter away — 1. Diminish, pare off, reduce to nothing. 2. Misuse (time), waste, dawdle away, idle away, fool away. 3. Waste bit by bit, destroy gradually, waste by dispersion or by trifling and petty use … New dictionary of synonyms
fritter\ away — v informal To waste foolishly. Paul failed history because he fooled away his time instead of studying. The man won a lot of money, but he soon frittered it away and was poor again … Словарь американских идиом
