- slack work
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day work — дневная работа
fine work — тонкая работа
heart work — работа сердца
muscle work — работа мышцы
rusk work — срочная работа
English-Russian base dictionary . 2014.
day work — дневная работа
fine work — тонкая работа
heart work — работа сердца
muscle work — работа мышцы
rusk work — срочная работа
English-Russian base dictionary . 2014.
slack — slack1 [slak] adj. [ME slakke < OE slæc, akin to Du slak < IE base * (s)lēg , loose, slack > L laxus, lax] 1. slow; idle; sluggish 2. barely moving: said of a current, as of air or water 3. characterized by little work, trade, or… … English World dictionary
slack — Ⅰ. slack [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) not taut or held tightly in position; loose. 2) (of business or trade) not busy; quiet. 3) careless, lazy, or negligent. 4) (of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing. ► NOUN 1) … English terms dictionary
slack off — {v. phr.} 1. To become less active; grow lazy. * /Since construction work has been slacking off toward the end of the summer, many workers were dismissed./ 2. To gradually reduce; taper off. * /The snowstorms tend to slack off over the Great… … Dictionary of American idioms
slack off — {v. phr.} 1. To become less active; grow lazy. * /Since construction work has been slacking off toward the end of the summer, many workers were dismissed./ 2. To gradually reduce; taper off. * /The snowstorms tend to slack off over the Great… … Dictionary of American idioms
slack´en|er — slack|en «SLAK uhn», transitive verb. 1. to make slower: »Don t slacken your efforts till the work is done. SYNONYM(S): retard. 2. to make looser: »Slacken the rope. Slackening the reins, I let my horse take his own course (Francis Parkman). –v.i … Useful english dictionary
slack|en — «SLAK uhn», transitive verb. 1. to make slower: »Don t slacken your efforts till the work is done. SYNONYM(S): retard. 2. to make looser: »Slacken the rope. Slackening the reins, I let my horse take his own course (Francis Parkman). –v.i. 1. to… … Useful english dictionary
work — [wʉrk] n. [ME werk < OE weorc, akin to Ger werk < IE base * werĝ , to do, act > Gr ergon (for * wergon), action, work, organon, tool, instrument] 1. physical or mental effort exerted to do or make something; purposeful activity; labor;… … English World dictionary
Work aversion — Work aversion, Workplace aversion, or Employment aversion is a psychological behavior, often part of an anxiety disorder, in which the subject intentionally refuses to be gainfully employed at all, or works far less than is necessary in order to… … Wikipedia
slack|er — «SLAK uhr», noun. a person who shirks work or evades his duty, especially an able bodied man who evades military service in time of war: »Every shirker, every coward and slacker … decided at once to be a conscientious objector (H. G. Wells) … Useful english dictionary
slack — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English slak, from Old English sleac; akin to Old High German slah slack, Latin laxus slack, loose, languēre to languish, Greek lagnos lustful and perhaps to Greek lēgein to stop Date: before 12th century 1. not… … New Collegiate Dictionary
slack — [[t]slæ̱k[/t]] slacker, slackest, slacks, slacking, slacked 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is slack is loose and not firmly stretched or tightly in position. The boy s jaw went slack. 2) ADJ GRADED A slack period is one in which there is not much… … English dictionary