- to shirk obligations
- уклоняться (увиливать) от выполнения обязанностей
English-russian dctionary of diplomacy. 2014.
English-russian dctionary of diplomacy. 2014.
shirk — [ʃə:k US ʃə:rk] v [I and T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from German schurke bad man ] to deliberately avoid doing something you should do, because you are lazy ▪ a salesman who was fired for shirking shirk your… … Dictionary of contemporary English
shirk´er — shirk «shurk», verb, noun. –v.t., v.i. to avoid or get out of doing (work or a duty): »He lost his job because he shirked his work. Common men cannot shirk world politics and at the same time enjoy private freedom (H. G. Wells). SYNONYM(S): evade … Useful english dictionary
shirk — verb (I, T) to deliberately avoid doing something you should do, because you are lazy: a salesman who was fired for shirking | shirk your responsibilities/duties/obligations: Are you accusing me of shirking my responsibilities? shirker noun (C) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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slack off — shirk one s duty, fail to fulfill one s obligations … English contemporary dictionary
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