每当我问起项目进展，他总是给我兜圈子而不是直接回答。

Whenever I ask about the project status, he gives me the ___run-around instead of a straight answer.

申请签证时他们给了我很多推诿，浪费了我两周时间。

They gave me such a ___run-around when applying for the visa that it wasted two weeks of my time.