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to be slack in one's duties

  • 1 slack

    [slæk]
    1) (loose; not firmly stretched: Leave the rope slack.) ohlapen
    2) (not firmly in position: He tightened a few slack screws.) zrahljan
    3) (not strict; careless: He is very slack about getting things done.) zanikrn
    4) (in industry etc, not busy; inactive: Business has been rather slack lately.) medel
    •
    - slackly
    - slackness
    - slacks
    * * *
    I [slæk]
    1.
    noun
    nenapet (zrahljan, ohlapen) del vrvi; čas stagnacije, mrtvila v poslih, kupčijah; plural colloquially dolge (ženske) hlače; military slang dolge hlače; popustitev, ponehanje (vetra itd.); prosody nepoudarjen zlog (zlogi); colloquially pavza, odmor
    to have a good slack — pošteno, zares "izpreči";
    2.
    adjective ( slackly adverb)
    mlahav, ohlapen, nenapet, nenategnjen, popuščen; len, nemaren, zanikrn, brezbrižen, počasen, okoren; mirujoč, mrtev (o vodi); slab, medel (o kupčijah, poslih); polpepečen (kruh)
    with a slack hand — leno, brez energije
    a slack rope — nenapeta, ohlapna vrv
    slack season — mrtva sezona, mrtvilo
    slack in stays nautical ki se počasi premika
    slack trade, slack market commerce medlo, slabo tržišče
    slack water — mirujoča, mrtva voda
    slack weather — vreme, ki človeka naredi lenega
    business is slack commerce posli zastajajo, stagnirajo
    to keep a slack hand — nemarno, ohlapno voditi, upravljati
    to keep a slack rein — premalo brzdati, imeti uzdo premalo napeto;
    3.
    adverb (v zloženkah) počasi, medlo; nepopolno, nezadostno
    II [slæk]
    transitive verb & intransitive verb
    popustiti (vrv), zrahljati (se) (o vijaku); odviti (se); opočasniti (se), postati počasen, popustiti (v prizadevanju); biti brezbrižen, zanemarjati (dolžnosti); postati medel, mlahav; zmanjšati (se), ubtažiti (se), oslabeti, onemogoči; počivati; (= to slake) gasiti (apno); commerce postati medel, slab (poslovanje, tržišče)
    III [slæk]
    noun
    technical premogov grušec (prah)
    IV [slæk]
    noun
    dialectal nižava, kotlina; močvirje, barje

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