slack off

English

Verb

(informal) To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.
Emily is slacking off since this is her last semester; she completely stopped trying to make good grades.
To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down.
Thankfully the hail slacked off after a few minutes.

Translations

deliberately unproductive in one's work or study

Chinese:
Mandarin: 偷懶 (zh), 偷懒 (zh) (tōulǎn)
Danish: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: löysäillä
French: (colloquial) glander (fr), (informal) tirer au flanc (fr), procrastiner (fr), atermoyer (fr)
Russian: please add this translation if you can

decrease in intensity

Chinese:
Mandarin: 減少 (zh), 减少 (zh) (jiǎnshǎo), 下降 (zh) (xiàjiàng)
Danish: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: laantua (fi)
French: se calmer (fr), diminuer (fr)
Russian: please add this translation if you can

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