āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
stand around
/stËand ÉÉšËaĘnd/
stand round
stand about
to stand around
[phrase form: stand]
01
āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to spend time standing in a place without doing anything purposeful or without having a particular reason to be there
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The employees were just standing around, chatting, instead of helping customers.
āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻ°āĻž āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
