mill about in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.about [Am əˈbaʊt, Brit əˈbaʊt] ADV about often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (fool about, knock about, move about, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (fool, knock, move, etc)

1. about (approximately):

about
más o menos
about
aproximadamente
he's about my age
tiene más o menos mi edad
she must be about 60
debe (de) tener alrededor de or unos 60 años
she must be about 60
debe (de) andar por los 60 inf
at about six o'clock
alrededor de or a eso de las seis
at about six o'clock
sobre las seis Spain
there were about 12 of us
éramos unos 12
there were about 12 of us
éramos como 12
they should be arriving about now
deben (de) estar a punto de llegar
in about three hours
en unas tres horas
about a month ago
hace cosa de un mes
about a month ago
hará un mes
the soup must be about ready by now
la sopa tiene que estar ya casi lista
that's about it for today
eso es todo por hoy
about time too!
¡ya era hora!

II.about [Am əˈbaʊt, Brit əˈbaʊt] PREP

1.1. about (concerning):

about
sobre
about
acerca de
a book about Greece
un libro acerca de or sobre Grecia
what's the play about?
¿de qué se trata la obra?
he wants to see you — what about?
quiere verte — ¿acerca de qué?
she said nothing about that
no dijo nada acerca de or (con) respecto a or sobre eso
about tonight: are you coming?
(con) respecto a lo de esta noche ¿vas a venir?
what was all that shouting about?
¿a qué venían todos esos gritos?
what about Helen? isn't she coming?
¿y Helen? ¿no viene?
and Helen? — what about Helen?
¿y Helen? — ¿qué pasa con Helen?
that's what it's all about
de eso se trata
politics is all about persuading people
en política de lo que se trata es de convencer a la gente
I don't know what to buy her — what about a record?
no sé qué comprarle — ¿qué te parece or qué tal un disco?
she won — how about that!
ganó — ¡pues qué te parece! or ¡pues mira tú!
what he is/they are about I hope you know what you're about
espero que sepas lo que haces
I don't understand what he's about
no entiendo qué es lo que pretende

I.mill1 [Am mɪl, Brit mɪl] N

II.mill1 [Am mɪl, Brit mɪl] VB trans

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III.mill1 [Am mɪl, Brit mɪl] VB intr (circulate)

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mill2 [Am mɪl, Brit mɪl] N (in US)

mill about in the PONS Dictionary

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English
On a warm damp evening, many males may emerge from the nest and mill about on the ground.
en.wikipedia.org
In the meantime, the lawyers mill about the halls.
www.thespec.com
Blossoming trees provide picturesque shade and temperatures are still cool enough that it's comfortable to mill about in a crowd.
www.huffingtonpost.com
Finance class is dismissed at 10 a.m. and there's no time to mill about.
www.mlive.com
Villagers, almost all men, mill about in ineffective confusion.
www.independent.co.uk
The fake bar's gone, replaced by a new cocktail bar where guests can mill about before heading into the ballroom.
www.vancouversun.com
At the same time, modern-day tourists mill about, one of them a blonde woman in high-heels and hot pants.
www.telegraph.co.uk
There are also all-male bachelor groups of two to five adult or sub-adult males, which typically mill about the periphery of a troop.
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Around her, a couple of hundred people mill about chatting and drinking local beer after a series of mini-lectures on marketing.
www.theglobeandmail.com
Women wearing ceremonial white dresses and red headscarves mill about.
www.ucobserver.org

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