muck about in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for muck about in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.muck about, muck around inf VB intr

muck about

glupirati se imperf

muck about

ludirati se imperf

to muck about with sth

petljati oko nečega

II.muck about, muck around inf VB trans

to muck about sb about

vući nekoga za nos

stop muck abouting me about!

prestani da me zafrkavaš!

Translations for muck about in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.about [ə'baʊt] PREP

1. about (on the subject of):

about

o

what's that book about?

o čemu govori ta knjiga?

the movie is about the American Civil War

ovaj film je o Američkom građanskom ratu

it's all about having fun

dobra zabava je najvažnija

anxiety about the future

zabrinutost zbog budućnosti

a phobia about spiders

strah od paukova

to ask sb about sb/sth

pitati nekoga o nekome/nečemu

2. about (affecting):

about

u vezi sa

to do something about sth

uraditi nešto oko nečega

to do nothing about a problem

ne uraditi ništa u vezi sa problemom

3. about (surrounding):

about

oko

4. about after vb (expressing movement):

to wander about the house

lutati po kući

to look about the room

gledati inf po sobi

5. about (expressing location):

she must be about the place somewhere

mora da je tu negde

6. about (being a characteristic of):

about

u vezi sa

there's something strange about him

ima nešto čudno u vezi sa njim

7. about Brit inf (in the process of):

while you're about it

kad si već tu

Phrases:

how about bowling?

šta misliš o tome da idemo na kuglanje?

to know what one is about inf

znati u čemu je stvar

to know what one is about inf

biti svestan šta se radi

what about it?

(i) šta s tim?

what about it?

šta hoćeš?

II.about [ə'baʊt] ADV

1. about (approximately):

about

oko

about eight [o'clock]

oko osam (sati)

about two days ago

pre otprilike dva dana

2. about (almost):

about

skoro

3. about (barely):

we just about made it

jedva smo uspeli

4. about esp Brit (around):

there's a lot of flu about at the moment

postoji dosta slučajeva gripa u ovom momentu

up and about

ustao iz kreveta posle bolesti

5. about esp Brit (in the area):

about

okolo

is Cathy about?

da li je Keti u blizini?

there was nobody about

nije bilo nikoga okolo

6. about (intending):

we're just about to have supper

samo što nismo počeli večeru

Phrases:

that's about all

to je sve

muck [mʊk] N no pl Brit

1. muck:

muck (dirt)

prljavština f

muck (dirt)

blato nt

muck (waste)

djubre nt

muck (waste)

smeće nt

[to be] common as muck inf

biti vrlo prost

[to be] common as muck inf

pripadati nižem društvenom sloju

2. muck euph AGR:

muck (excrement)

izmet m

muck (excrement)

balega f

muck (excrement)

đubrivo nt

muck (excrement)

gnojivo nt

muck (liquid)

osoka f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In the old days an amateur film-maker had to muck about with complex equipment.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Then we could just muck about on the boat.

thequietus.com

There are no goals or targets -- you just build, and then muck about in the world you've made.

www.pocketgamer.co.uk

We started to muck about and started playing one of our old songs, and the next thing you know, we had recorded instrumental versions of several songs.

www.lfpress.com

It's not the sort of thing you can muck about with.

www.nme.com

Let's not muck about with such things!

www.dailyreckoning.com.au

How about we all muck about for six laps?

www.telegraph.co.uk

We both love a bit of luxury, but are just as happy to muck about.

metro.co.uk

However, it does not mean that adults allow children to just muck about and do whatever they want.

theconversation.com

And it's partly because we all love gadgets so much that we have these rules, otherwise we'd all just muck about.

www.huffingtonpost.com.au