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I . idle [ˈaɪdl] ADJ

1. idle (lazy):

idle
лени́вый
idle
пра́здный

II . idle [ˈaɪdl] VB trans

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bone idle, bone lazy ADJ pej

Usage examples with idle

idle gossip
пусты́е слу́хи мн

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Troops were kept busy to prevent the men from being left idle in the camps.
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The speaker turned on and the operator heard idle channel noise on a carrier.
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The men won reclassification as seamen, a 10 percent wage increase, and pay for five days they were idle.
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Occasionally, one would see the force of the evidence, but the great majority passed it by as an idle tale.
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The use of tax policy was urged to ensure that idle land was put into productive use.
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For example, institutions that held power in rural areas were quick to implement national laws regarding the peasantrys use of idle land.
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The building again sat idle until 2013 when work resumed.
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Additionally, active and idle power optimizations are to be investigated.
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This means that the vast majority of drivers who idle their engines are already in violation of at least one existing traffic safety law.
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According to one superintendent of the reformatory, of all wretched women the idle are the most wretched.
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