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"word": "cut someone slack"
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"word": "cut someone some slack"
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"word": "pick up the slack"
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"word": "slack action"
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"text": "the slack of a rope or of a sail",
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"(uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it."
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"sense": "the part of anything that hangs loose",
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"sense": "loose part of anything",
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"sense": "loose part of anything",
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"feminine"
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"word": "lundo"
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"ref": "1979, Richard Dean Rosen, Psychobabble, page 93",
"text": "The counselor is directed to give his client \"free attention,\" or \"slack,\" performing a kind of vigil, a version of Carl Rogers's \"unconditional positive regard.\"",
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"ref": "1983, Harvey Jackins, The Reclaiming of Power, page 14",
"text": "We have apparently been doing this all our lives, since we were first distressed. This collection of ancient habits seems to be \"energized\" by the presence, or even the promise, of \"slack\" or free attention from any person in the situation […]",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "drebni vǎglišta",
"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
"tags": [
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"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
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"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
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"code": "fi",
"english": "dust",
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"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
"word": "hiilipöly"
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"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
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"masculine"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Schlacke"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
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"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
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"masculine"
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"roman": "jáglenov prav",
"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
"word": "ја́гленов прав"
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"roman": "síten jáglen",
"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
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"roman": "úgolʹnaja pýlʹ",
"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "у́гольная пы́ль"
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"sense": "small coal, coal dust",
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"ref": "1943, Jacob Armstrong Swisher, Iowa in Times of War, State Historical Society of Iowa, page 124",
"text": "The breeches formerly worn with those spiral leggings have been succeeded by full length, slack-type trousers which are loose at the knee and around the calf.",
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"ref": "1970, Harry A. Cobrin, The Men’s Clothing Industry: Colonial Through Modern Times, New York, N.Y.: Fairchild Publications, Inc., page 7",
"text": "Recently though, slack manufacturers have been cuddling under the wings of the clothing industry to a greater extent than ever, for it has become good business to promote separate slacks and sport coats as a coordinated sales unit.",
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"ref": "2004, Pei Pin Han, “Friendship for 54 Years”, in Amy Lanping Sung, Hu Kung-Chung Chien, editors, Shu Chien: Tributes on His 70th Birthday, World Scientific, page 38",
"text": "At that time, it was customary for male college students in Peking to wear long gowns. With a pair of slacks and leather shoes, plus a scarf in the winter, Shu looked very handsome. I tried to wear the gown for two days, and gave it up because I found it difficult to reach the slack pockets under it.",
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"sense": "not tense",
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"code": "it",
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"word": "ла́бав"
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"sense": "not tense",
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"word": "tatetate"
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"sense": "not tense",
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"word": "tāngengangenga"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "not tense",
"word": "kōrurururu"
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"word": "kaewa"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "māwāwā"
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "gevşek",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "گوشك"
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"code": "pdt",
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"sense": "not tense",
"word": "schlaup"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "rozluźniony"
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{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rassláblennyj",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "рассла́бленный"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nenatjánutyj",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "ненатя́нутый"
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{
"_dis1": "55 10 2 2 8 11 2 2 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "labavo"
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{
"_dis1": "55 10 2 2 8 11 2 2 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "opušteno"
},
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"_dis1": "55 10 2 2 8 11 2 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "flojo"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 10 2 2 8 11 2 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "holgado"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 10 2 2 8 11 2 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "suelto"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 10 2 2 8 11 2 2 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "gevşek"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 10 2 2 8 11 2 2 7",
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozsláblenyj",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "розсла́блений"
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]
},
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{
"text": "a slack hand",
"type": "example"
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"Weak; not holding fast."
],
"id": "en-slack-en-adj-cGnsqbS8",
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[
"fast",
"fast"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"word": "слаб"
},
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "week"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "veltto"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "schlaff"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slab",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "слаб"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "weak",
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"masculine"
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"word": "frouxo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slábyj",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "сла́бый"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "mlohavo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "flojo"
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]
},
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{
"text": "a slack oven",
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"Moderate in some capacity.",
"Moderately warm."
],
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[
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"moderate"
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[
"warm",
"warm"
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},
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a slack wind",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"Moderate in some capacity.",
"Moderate in speed."
],
"id": "en-slack-en-adj-e~yBMTPq",
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[
"Moderate",
"moderate"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"text": "slack in duty or service",
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}
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"Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager."
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[
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],
[
"care",
"care"
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[
"earnest",
"earnest"
],
[
"eager",
"eager"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nebrežen",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "небрежен"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "slecht gemaakt"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "huolimaton"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "trödelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "schlampig"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "lasch"
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{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "leibideach"
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{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nébrežen",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "не́брежен"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "pirorehe"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "waimate"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "gevşek",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "گوشك"
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{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "damarsız",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "طمرسز"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "небре́жный"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 16 3 3 36 17 3 3 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "dìomhain"
}
]
},
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"text": "Business is slack.",
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"ref": "1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 3, in Well Tackled!",
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},
{
"ref": "1940 December, “Notes and News: Waterloo & City Tube Modernisation”, in Railway Magazine, page 668",
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}
],
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{
"_dis1": "19 20 3 3 14 33 3 2 4",
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{
"_dis1": "19 20 3 3 14 33 3 2 4",
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]
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"text": "the slack capacity of an oil pipeline",
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},
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],
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[
"linguistics",
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"(linguistics) Lax."
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"_dis1": "22 23 3 3 17 22 3 2 4",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not rapid or pressing",
"word": "tam"
},
{
"_dis1": "22 23 3 3 17 22 3 2 4",
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"code": "fi",
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},
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"sense": "to refuse to exert effort",
"word": "лени́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 46 21",
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{
"_dis1": "33 46 21",
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{
"_dis1": "33 46 21",
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"_dis1": "40 41 20",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "отпускам се"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "безделнича"
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"sense": "to procrastinate",
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},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "viivytellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "vetelehtiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 20",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "glander"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 20",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "trödeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 20",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
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},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 20",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "faulenzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "faul sein"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 41 20",
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"roman": "se ópušta",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "се о́пушта"
},
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"_dis1": "40 41 20",
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"word": "безде́лничи"
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},
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},
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},
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"text": "a slack oven",
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"text": "“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal. A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just for that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”",
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"ref": "1940 December, “Notes and News: Waterloo & City Tube Modernisation”, in Railway Magazine, page 668",
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"Lax."
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"(linguistics) Lax."
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"sense": "not violent, rapid, or pressing",
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"sense": "not violent, rapid, or pressing",
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"sense": "not violent, rapid, or pressing",
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"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
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"sense": "not tense",
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "rasslábljeny",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "рассла́блены"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vjal",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "вял"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otpusnat",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "отпуснат"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "slap"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "löysä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "lâche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "schlaff"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "lose"
},
{
"code": "grc",
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"sense": "not tense",
"word": "λαγαρός"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "allentato"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "laxus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lábav",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "ла́бав"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of a rope",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "pūngohe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of a rope or lashing",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "tatetate"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of clothing, rope, cord etc",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "korokoro"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of a rope",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "tāngengangenga"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of a rope",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "kōrurururu"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"note": "of a rope",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "kaewa"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "māwāwā"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "gevşek",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "گوشك"
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{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "schlaup"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "rozluźniony"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rassláblennyj",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "рассла́бленный"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nenatjánutyj",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "ненатя́нутый"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "labavo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "opušteno"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "flojo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "holgado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "suelto"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "gevşek"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rozsláblenyj",
"sense": "not tense",
"word": "розсла́блений"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slab",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "слаб"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "week"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "veltto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "schlaff"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "weak",
"word": "слаб"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "weak",
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"word": "frouxo"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slábyj",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "сла́бый"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "mlohavo"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "weak",
"word": "flojo"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nebrežen",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "небрежен"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "slecht gemaakt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "huolimaton"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "trödelig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"word": "leibideach"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nébrežen",
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"word": "не́брежен"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "pirorehe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "waimate"
},
{
"code": "ota",
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "damarsız",
"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "طمرسز"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "not using due diligence or care",
"word": "небре́жный"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not rapid or pressing",
"word": "tam"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not rapid or pressing",
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"code": "bg",
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"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "adverb of slack",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "otpuskam se",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "отпускам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezdelniča",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "безделнича"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "treuzelen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "velttoilla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "viivytellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "vetelehtiä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "glander"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "trödeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "bummeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "faulenzen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "faul sein"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se ópušta",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "се о́пушта"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bezdélniči",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "безде́лничи"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se vléčka",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "се вле́чка"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "enrolar"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lódyrničatʹ",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "ло́дырничать"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezdélʹničatʹ",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "безде́льничать"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sačkovátʹ",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
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"word": "сачкова́ть"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "odugovlačiti"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to procrastinate",
"word": "haraganear"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to procrastinate",
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"sense": "to refuse to exert effort",
"word": "(anstrengende) Arbeit scheuen"
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"sense": "to refuse to exert effort",
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"sense": "to refuse to exert effort",
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"sense": "to refuse to exert effort",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"ref": "1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Pitfalls”, in Railway Magazine, page 456",
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"ref": "1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103",
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"ref": "1905, Colliery Engineer, volume 25, page 107",
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"ref": "1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 220",
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