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procrastinate

pruh kra stuh nayt

  • v  postpone doing what one should be doing
    He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
  • v  postpone or delay needlessly
    He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late

  • Delay suggests that women procrastinate on marriage offers, pushing away suitors, hoping Prince Charming will show up next year with the glass slipper.
  • For those of you who've done any kinds of thesis work, it's pretty laborious and tedious, to say the least, so at the beginning of 1994, we started to procrastinate and spend a lot .
  • You'll find a variety of ways to procrastinate here there are games you can play by yourself, and multiplayer games; flash games you play inside your browser, and games you .
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  • Morgan Tsvangirai in Voice of America
    There is going to be a deadlock, and I have said to our party representative that let's finalize this, let's not procrastinate by saying we are going to have another meeting let's see what we have agreed and what we have not agreed,said...
  • Lisa Murkowski in BusinessWeek
    While the window for a gas line remains open, with expectations for natural gas to be an in-demand energy source in the future, "that shouldn't be viewed as an invitation to procrastinate," Murkowski said. "Maybe America can wait for Alaska's...

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