"What are you up to this weekend?" "Not much, just pottering about at home."
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Pottering
Synonyms for "pottering" (12 found)
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Translations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- savenvalanta noun (act)
Irish
1 entries- útamáil noun (act)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Tom was just pottering about, waiting for Mary to pop round.
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I enjoy translating longer sentences; it lets you feel that you're getting into the language, rather than just pottering about at the edges. It's good to get some reassurance now and then that I haven't got lost – motivates me to go further in.
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Had Feltram in some of his solitary wanderings and potterings lighted upon hidden treasure?
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