Chaykhana is a Central Asian teahouse where men dally over a cup of tea, share traditional dishes like plov, and discuss current affairs.
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Dally
//ˈdæli//
Synonyms for "dally" (218 found)
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Related words (109)
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4 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 10 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تضييع الوقت verb (to waste time)
Bulgarian
4 entries- губя си времето verb (to waste time)
- играя си verb (to waste time)
- отлагам verb (to delay unnecessarily)
- флиртувам verb (to interchange caresses)
Czech
4 entries- lelkovat verb (to waste time)
- loudat se verb (to delay unnecessarily)
- protahovat verb (to delay unnecessarily)
- váhat verb (to delay unnecessarily)
French
4 entries- flirter verb (to interchange caresses)
- lambiner verb (to waste time)
- lambiner verb (to delay unnecessarily)
- lanterner verb (to waste time)
German
2 entries- trödeln verb (to waste time)
- tändeln verb (to waste time)
Italian
1 entries- trastullarsi verb (to waste time)
Māori
1 entries- whakarunaruna verb (to waste time)
Polish
2 entries- bałamucić verb (to waste time)
- zbałamucić verb (to waste time)
Russian
4 entries- безде́льничать verb (to waste time)
- игра́ть verb (to waste time)
- игра́ться verb (to waste time)
- коке́тничать verb (to interchange caresses)
Turkish
4 entries- `primarily to delay unnecessarily`) verb (to waste time)
- boşa vakit harcamak verb (to waste time)
- oyalanmak verb (to waste time)
- oyalanmak verb (to delay unnecessarily)
Sample sentences
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I wish, grave governor, 'twere in my power / To favour you; but 'tis my father's cause, / Wherein I may not, nay, I dare not dally.
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[…] after we by our presumptuous delays have put off God, and dallied with his grace; […]
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[…] we have trifled too long already about a matter of such infinite moment, it is perfect Madness to dally any longer. […]
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