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I. idle [ˈaɪdl̩] ADJ

1. idle (lazy):

idle
faul
idle
träge

2. idle (redundant):

idle people
ohne Beschäftigung pred, nach n
idle people
erwerbslos

3. idle (not working):

idle person
untätig
idle machines
außer Betrieb pred
his bike lay idle most of the time
sein Fahrrad stand die meiste Zeit unbenutzt herum
idle capacity
ungenutzte Kapazität
idle resources
unproduktive Ressourcen pl
the idle rich
die reichen Müßiggänger
to lie idle factory
stillstehen
to lie idle factory
stillliegen <stillgelegen>

4. idle moment:

idle
müßig
in my idle moments I dream of sun-kissed beaches
in Zeiten der Muße träume ich von sonnenverwöhnten Stränden

5. idle (pointless, unfounded):

idle boast
bloße Angeberei
idle chatter
hohles Geschwätz
idle fear
unbegründete Angst
idle rumours
reine Gerüchte
idle speculation
reine Spekulation
idle threat
leere Drohung

6. idle FIN:

idle
unproduktiv
idle capital
totes Kapital
money lying idle
nicht angelegtes [o. nicht arbeitendes] [o. brachliegendes] Geld
to sit idle
brach liegen

7. idle machine, telephone line:

idle
bereit <bereiter, am bereitesten>

II. idle [ˈaɪdl̩] VB intr

1. idle (do nothing):

idle
faulenzen inf
idle
auf der faulen Haut liegen
to idle about [or around]
herumtrödeln inf
to idle about [or around]
faulenzen

2. idle (engine):

idle
leerlaufen
idle
im Leerlauf laufen

idle traffic flow, transport safety

idle
Leerlauf

ˈbone idle ADJ Brit pej

to be bone idle
stinkfaul sein sl

idle away VB intr

to idle away [the] time
die Zeit vertrödeln inf

idle balances N INV-FIN

idle balances
unproduktive Guthaben nt pl

idle capacity N MKT COMPET

idle capacity
ungenutzte Kapazität f

idle money N FINMKT

idle money
brachliegendes Geld nt

idle resources N INV-FIN

idle resources
unproduktive Ressourcen f pl
OpenDict entry

idle VB

to be idled (machine, reactor)
außer Betrieb nehmen
OpenDict entry

idle ADJ

idle (deed) old
müßig
Present
Iidle
youidle
he/she/itidles
weidle
youidle
theyidle
Past
Iidled
youidled
he/she/itidled
weidled
youidled
theyidled
Present Perfect
Ihaveidled
youhaveidled
he/she/ithasidled
wehaveidled
youhaveidled
theyhaveidled
Past Perfect
Ihadidled
youhadidled
he/she/ithadidled
wehadidled
youhadidled
theyhadidled
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