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"(intransitive, informal) To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study."
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"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "偷懶"
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"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "弛む"
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"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "odpuścić sobie"
},
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"roman": "otlynivatʹ",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
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"text": "Thankfully the hail slacked off after a few minutes.",
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"To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down."
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"(intransitive) To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down."
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "減少"
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"_dis1": "2 98",
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"roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
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"roman": "xiàjiàng",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "下降"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "laantua"
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"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
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"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "nachlassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yurumu",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "緩む"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oslabevatʹ",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "ослабевать"
},
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"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "decaer"
},
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"_dis1": "2 98",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "disminuir"
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"_dis1": "2 98",
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"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
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"word": "slack off"
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"(intransitive, informal) To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study."
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"To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "偷懶"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tōulǎn",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "偷懒"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "löysäillä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "laiskotella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "glander"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "tirer au flanc"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "procrastiner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "atermoyer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "faulenzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "vernachlässigen"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tarumu",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "弛む"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "odpuścić sobie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otlynivatʹ",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "отлынивать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study",
"word": "holgazanear"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "減少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "减少"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàjiàng",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "下降"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "laantua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "se calmer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "diminuer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "nachlassen"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yurumu",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "緩む"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oslabevatʹ",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "ослабевать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "decaer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to decrease in intensity",
"word": "menguar"
}
],
"word": "slack off"
}
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