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I . slack [slæk] ADJ

1. slack (loose):

slack rope
рассла́бленный
slack muscle
вя́лый

II . slack [slæk] N no pl

2. slack COMM:

slack
засто́й m

III . slack [slæk] VB intr

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I . slack off, slacken off VB intr

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1. slack off (make less effort):

slack off
ослабля́ть

2. slack off (go more slowly):

slack off
замедля́ть

3. slack off (diminish):

slack off demand, intensity
уменьша́ться

II . slack off, slacken off VB trans

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Usage examples with slack

slack demand
сла́бый спрос m
to take up the slack of rope
подтяну́ть прови́сшую часть

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Most originals used a sizing system considerably smaller than today's comparable sizes, with only 2-4 in of slack over the tagged chest size.
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The left hand operates on a separate brain, taking up slack line as it becomes available, while always preserving a little slack.
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His writing slacked off between 1915 and 1939, then picked up again.
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Currently, females in army bands, honor guards, and female chaplains are authorized to wear army blue slacks in the performance of their duties.
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Storing small files on a filesystem with large clusters will therefore waste disk space; such wasted disk space is called slack space.
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From then on, business was slack, for various reasons.
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That is, the dual vector is minimized in order to remove slack between the candidate positions of the constraints and the actual optimum.
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Organizational slack occurs when firms opt to employ more resources than are needed to produce a given level of output.
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His slacker demeanor hides a streak of mischief.
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Because of this, students thought she was just slacking off, and was bullied by them, leaving her traumatized and unwilling to go to high school.
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