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si'll·et vpr < sjell· 1 to turn 2 to run around (doing something or nothing) 3 to make every effort to do something 4 [Fig] to conduct oneself (in a particular way): behave • <> sill·et3sg festja/takija/mendja/kok-a vër-dallë/rrotull "<>'s fez spins around" <>'s head is spinning with all the things <> has to worry about • Sillet nga sillet, bie në kunj e lidhet. "Round and around, but tied to a stake." (said of/to someone who thinks of getting away) You/He will never make it. • <> sill·et përqark to keep hanging around <> (with bad intentions) • sill·et përqark 1 to spin 2 to spend one's time idly going from place to place: run around • sill·et rrotull/rreth/vërdallë 1 to revolve, rotate; spin (around) 2 [Fig] to run around without accomplishing anything, waste time running around • <> sill·et rrotull/rreth/vërdallë 1 to revolve around <>; go round and around <> 2 [Fig] to see to <>'s needs, look after <> 3 to try to get on <>'s good side, play up to <>: woo <> 4 [Fig] to cajole <> 5 to hang over <>'s head, be a constant danger to <> • sill·et si pordha nëpër brekë [Crude] "conduct oneself like a fart through underwear" to fart around • sill·et si arkond to act like a big shot, try to throw one's weight around • sill·et si bishti i pelës "turn around like the tail of a mare" to run around all day doing nothing • sill·et si kali në lëmë [Impol] to roam around idly si'llë nf 1 [Old] food brought in the morning to a farmer woring in the fields 2 breakfast sill|o'·n vi to eat breakfast