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1 головняк, беготня
British English: faff ((разг. сущ. time sink) it's always a faff getting them to amend an invoice) -
2 валять дурака
1) General subject: act the ape, act the ass, act the goat, daff, footle, idle, make an ass of, make an ass of oneself, mess about, mountebank, play dumb, play the ape, play the ass, play the idiot, tomfool, play monkey, play the fool, act like a potato head, faff, act the giddy goat, horse around, play the giddy ox, fool around, jerk around2) Colloquial: ape it, clown around, lallygag, lollygag, play the giddy goat, play the goat, play silly bleeders, pull off a prank, screw around3) American: futz, jack around4) Rare: droll5) Australian slang: carry on like a pork chop6) Rude: arse about7) Jargon: ass about, fritter away, jerk off, loom, loon, louse around, mess around, monkey around, potsky, jack round ("Will you please stop jacking around?"), mickey mouse around, act like a gleep, screw down8) American English: goofing off, fooling around, playing around, monkeying around, messing around, horsing around, screwing around, clowning around.9) Invective: mack around10) Makarov: to futz around, cut didoes, cut up, cut up didoes, footle about, footle around11) Taboo: fuck about, play silly buggers, putz about, rat-fuck, screw about, screw off, shit-ass about, silly-ass about, sod about, tit about -
3 дурью маяться
1) General subject: fool about, fool around, fool away ( one's) time, muck around3) British English: faff about (To waste time doing unnecessary things - LONGMAN) -
4 заниматься ерундой
1) General subject: be busy with trifles, potter, screw around, to be busy with trifles, faff around2) Colloquial: fuck4) Makarov: do piffling jobsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > заниматься ерундой
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5 неорганизованно заниматься чем-л
General subject: faff aboutУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > неорганизованно заниматься чем-л
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6 суета
1) General subject: ado, alarums and excursions, beehive, bustle, bustling, buzz, coil, commotion, curfuffle, fluster, fuss, garboil, hurry-scurry, racket, rush, scurry, splore, stir, stirabout, stirrer, vanity, -do, (суёт) rat race4) Religion: frustration6) Jargon: commo, hol pollol, hol-pollol, hoo-ha, hustle and bustle, hoo ha7) Makarov: huddle8) Taboo: faff -
7 суетиться
1) General subject: be fussy, bustle, bustle about, buzz, clutter, create, fidget, flap, hover (вокруг, около - about, around), hurry scurry, hurry skurry, hurry-scurry, hurry-skurry, hustle, jump about, make a fuss, make a fuss about, make a fuss about something, pother, run about, scurry, scuttle, show fussiness, tew, to be fussy, to be in a flurry, trot about, bother, buzz about, fuss, make a to-do, shift around, go into a flat spin2) Australian slang: stew4) Makarov: be in a flurry, fluster, fly around, fuss about5) Taboo: come in (one's) pants, faff, futy, tear-ass about -
8 заниматься
I несовер. - заниматься; совер. - заняться1) (кем-л./чем-л.)occupy/busy oneself (with), be occupied (with), be engaged (in); engage (in); go in for, take up; indulge (in); devote oneself (to) ( посвящать себя); concern oneself (with) ( интересоваться); attend (to) ( выполнять)неорганизованно заниматься чем-л. — разг. faff about
заниматься спортом — to go in for sport, to indulge in sport
2) только несовер. learn, studyII несовер. - заниматься; совер. - заняться( загораться)blaze/flare up, be set on fire, be on fire, catch fire; break, dawn
См. также в других словарях:
faff — [fæf] v faff about/around phr v to waste time doing unnecessary things ▪ Stop faffing around! … Dictionary of contemporary English
faff- — *faff germ.: Quelle: Personenname; Sonstiges: Reichert, Lexikon der altgermanischen Namen 2, 1990, 503 (Faffo) … Germanisches Wörterbuch
faff — Brit. informal ► VERB ▪ bustle ineffectually. ► NOUN ▪ ineffectual activity. ORIGIN originally dialect in the sense «blow in puffs», describing the wind … English terms dictionary
faff — I UK [fæf] / US verb Word forms faff : present tense I/you/we/they faff he/she/it faffs present participle faffing past tense faffed past participle faffed Phrasal verbs: faff about II UK [fæf] / US noun [singular] British informal unnecessary… … English dictionary
faff — [[t]fæ̱f[/t]] faffs, faffing, faffed Phrasal Verbs: faff about faff around … English dictionary
faff — /fæf/ (say faf) phrase faff about (or around), Colloquial to engage in useless activity in a time wasting manner. {British colloq. faff to dither; origin obscure} …
Faff — To faff is to dither or to fanny around. If we procrastinated when getting ready for bed, as kids, our Dad use tell us we were faffing around … The American's guide to speaking British
faff — verb faff about/around phrasal verb (I) BrE informal to waste time doing unnecessary things: I wish you d stop faffing around! … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
faff — Verb. To fuss. E.g. If you stop faffing and let me finish doing this job, then we can go out to the cinema sooner, rather than later. Informal Noun. A fuss, bother. E.g. It s such a faff having to go through the process of interviews when you… … English slang and colloquialisms
faff — v. Waste time. Behave desultorily. Idle. Usu. faff around … A concise dictionary of English slang
faff about — ˌfaff a ˈbout ˌfaff a ˈround [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they faff about he/she/it faffs about present participle faffing about … Useful english dictionary