Slacker - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

(of clothing) loose and hanging in folds.

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Baggy trousers

noun

Loose, wide-legged trousers or shorts.

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Young men sport baggies low on their hips, exposing calvin klein boxers and a line of hair.

adjective

(of clothes) hanging loosely because of being too big or having been stretched

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A baggy sweater

adjective

Not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors.

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She had been careless and had left the window unlocked

adjective

Not taking or showing enough care and attention

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My son's teacher says that his work is often rather careless., he made a careless remark (= one mad…

adjective

Relaxed, natural, and free from worry

adjective

Relaxed and unconcerned.

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A casual attitude to life

noun

A person who does something irregularly.

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A number of casuals became regular customers

adjective

Not serious or careful in attitude; only partly interested

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A casual glance at a magazine, even to the casual observer, the forgery was obvious., we have a sma…

noun

Someone who repeatedly looks to see what time it is in order to see how much longer they have to work

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She was not a clock-watcher and often stayed behind to finish jobs., he used to be known for workin…

idiom

An idler who spends much time on a couch

noun

A person who takes little or no exercise and watches a lot of television.

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It is no good you being a couch potato and having a dobermann

noun

Infml a person who sits and watches a lot of television and does not have an active life

noun

Spending time using the internet at work for reasons that are not related to your job

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Although prosecutions and disciplinary cases may be rare , the new breed of cyberslacker is an expe…

adjective

In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.

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A derelict georgian mansion

noun

A person without a home, job, or property.

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Derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag

adjective

(of buildings or equipment) not cared for and in bad condition

adjective

Lacking organization; untidy.

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His life was as disorderly as ever

adjective

Threatening the safety of people or the peace of a neighborhood

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A disorderly crowd, he was charged with disorderly conduct., a disorderly desk

adjective

Untidy and badly organized

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It's a disorderly sort of a house with books and papers lying around everywhere.

adjective

Not properly planned and controlled.

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The campaign was hopelessly disorganized

verb

Disrupt the systematic order or functioning of.

adjective

Badly planned and lacking order

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According to one officer, things are so disorganized that no one knows who is where.

idiom

To not involve someone or something

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This argument has nothing to do with me., much of the bill has nothing to do with civil rights.

verb

Bend or hang downwards limply.

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A long black cloak drooped from his shoulders

noun

An act or instance of drooping; a limp or weary attitude.

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The exhausted droop of her shoulders

adjective

Bending or hanging down heavily

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Drooping branches, bloodhounds have drooping eyes and floppy ears.

adjective

Hanging down limply; drooping.

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A droopy moustache

adjective

Bending or hanging down heavily

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He had a long droopy moustache., it turns out droopy eyelids are a common sign of aging.

adjective

(of a part of a person's body) soft, loose, and fleshy.

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This exercise helps to flatten a flabby stomach

adjective

Soft and fat

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Flabby arms/thighs, i was starting to get a bit flabby around my waist., a flabby argument

adjective

Weak and without force

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A flabby argument

adjective

(of part of the body) soft and hanging loosely or limply, especially so as to look or feel unpleasant.

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She took his flaccid hand in hers

adjective

Soft or weak rather than firm

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The penis is usually in a flaccid state.

adjective

Weak and not effective

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The programme included a lacklustre and flaccid performance of berg's violin concerto.

verb

(of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly.

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A pheasant flapped its wings

noun

A thin, flat piece of cloth, paper, metal, etc. that is hinged or attached on one side only and covers an opening or hangs down from something.

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The flap of the envelope

noun

An act of flapping something, typically a wing or arm, up and down or from side to side.

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The surviving bird made a few final despairing flaps

adjective

Capable of bending easily without breaking.

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Flexible rubber seals

adjective

Able to change or be changed easily according to the situation

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I’m fortunate because my job has flexible hours, and i can come and go pretty much as i want., the …

adjective

A flexible person or company can work in different ways, at different times, or in different places when it is necessary

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How can we encourage employees to be more flexible?, be flexible about sth companies can now be mor…

noun

The practice of hanging condemned people as a form of capital punishment.

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Controversial cross-party issues such as abortion and hanging

adjective

Suspended in the air.

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Hanging palls of smoke

verb

Suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free.

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That's where people are supposed to hang their washing

noun

A person who avoids work or spends time in an aimless or lazy way.

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They who never go to the holy land in their walks, as they pretend, are indeed mere idlers and vaga…

adjective

(of a person) avoiding work; lazy.

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Idle students

noun

Someone who is lazy and does not want to work or make any physical effort

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Some people see members of the royal family as privileged idlers., he believes that adolescents who…

adjective

Not paying attention to something.

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A particularly dull and inattentive pupil

adjective

Not listening to what is being said or giving your attention to what is happening

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Barbara has been inattentive in class lately.

adjective

Not giving attention to someone or something

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Inattentive to he was wholly inattentive to the needs of his children.

adjective

Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.

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A forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant

noun

An incompetent person.

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The tanker captain was a known incompetent

adjective

Lacking the skills or knowledge to do a job or perform an action correctly or to a satisfactory standard

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Cowden was incompetent and incapable of administering the duties of secretary of the association., …

adjective

Not achieving maximum productivity; wasting or failing to make the best use of time or resources.

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Inefficient transport systems

Not producing desired results; wasteful

adjective

Wasting time, money, energy, or other valuable possessions or qualities

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Many of their industries are hopelessly inefficient., she promised to end government inefficiency.,…

adjective

Lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.

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A lackadaisical defence left spurs adrift in the second half

adjective

Lacking enthusiasm and effort

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The food wasn’t bad but the service was lackadaisical.

adjective

Showing little enthusiasm and effort

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The food was nice enough but the service was somewhat lackadaisical.

noun

A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others.

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Staff were under enormous pressure and there was no time for laggards

adjective

Slower than desired or expected.

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A bell to summon laggard children to school

noun

A company, organization, etc. that does something later, or improves less quickly, than others

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Mexico, long a laggard in financial reform, is at last putting its banks in order., steel companies…

adjective

Not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful.

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Lax security arrangements at the airport

noun

Lacrosse.

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I wore pads and a helmet whenever i played lax

adjective

Lacking care, attention, or control; not severe or strong enough

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Security at the airport seemed lax., laxity in enforcing safety regulations can cost lives.

noun

A person who habitually does little or no work.

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‘how'd you get mixed up with that layabout?’

noun

A person who is unwilling to work

adjective

Unwilling to work or use energy.

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He was too lazy to cook

noun

A lazy person (often as a form of address).

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‘come for a healthy walk then, lazybones.’

noun

Someone who is lazy

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[ as form of address ] hey lazybones, get up from the sofa and help me with the dishes!

verb

Walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot.

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He limped heavily as he moved

noun

A tendency to limp; a gait impeded by injury or stiffness.

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The accident left him with a pronounced limp

adjective

Lacking internal strength or structure; not stiff or firm.

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She let her whole body go limp

noun

A person who avoids work and spends their time idly.

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The sophisticated loafer always finds an excuse to avoid work.

noun

A type of shoe with stitches around the top and without shoelaces (= strings used to tie shoes)

adjective

Not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.

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A loose tooth

noun

Loose play.

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He was in powerful form in the loose

verb

Set free; release.

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The hounds have been loosed

adjective

Loose-fitting clothing is quite large and does not fit tightly

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A loose-fitting shirt

noun

A person who malingers; a shirker.

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The doctor said my son was a malingerer

noun

A person who pretends to be ill, in order to avoid having to work

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The article gives advice to hr managers on how to deal successfully with malingerers.

adjective

Not giving proper care or attention to someone or something.

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You are being neglectful of our guests

adjective

Not giving enough care and attention to something or someone

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I'm sure my boss thinks i've been neglectful of my duties recently.

adjective

Failing to take proper care over something.

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The council had been negligent in its supervision of the children in care

adjective

Failing to be careful enough or to give enough attention to your responsibilities, esp. when this results in harm or loss to others

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She charged her landlord with negligence for not repairing leaks that ruined her rugs.

adjective

Not giving enough care or attention to someone or something that you are responsible for

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It was necessary to prove that the manager had been negligent., be negligent in (doing) sth the cou…

adjective

Ungraciously or offensively nonchalant or cool in manner.

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You were a bit offhand with her this afternoon

adverb

Without previous thought or consideration.

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I can't think of a better answer offhand

adverb

Now, without looking for information or without taking the time to consider carefully

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I can’t tell you the exact number offhand, but it was something like $25,000., offhand remarks, his…

adjective

Bigger than the usual size.

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An oversized t-shirt

noun

A traveller on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot, or crew.

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More than 50 passengers escaped injury when a train was derailed

adjective

Easily bent.

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Pliant willow stems

adjective

Pliant people are easily influenced or controlled by other people

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I don't think it's a good thing for children to be too pliant., the management has adopted a more p…

adjective

Free from tension and anxiety.

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We were having a great time and feeling very relaxed

verb

Make or become less tense or anxious.

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He relaxed and smiled confidently

adjective

Lacking care or attention to duty; negligent.

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It would be very remiss of me not to pass on that information

adjective

Not doing a duty carefully or well enough

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I would be remiss if i didn’t mention it.

adjective

(especially of accommodation) having plenty of room; spacious.

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The cabin is roomy and well planned

adjective

Having a lot of space

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Her new apartment is very roomy.

adjective

Sinking or bulging downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength.

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Sagging shelves bearing rusty paint tins

verb

Sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength.

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She let her head sag lower and lower

adjective

Lower or less strong

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He said he cut taxes by $9 billion as mayor in an effort to revitalize the city's sagging economy.,…

adjective

Tending to sink or bulge downwards under weight or pressure.

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The saggy mattress groaned under my weight

adjective

Hanging or dropping down to a lower level

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I have a lot of saggy skin on my stomach since i lost weight.

verb

(especially of a person in the armed services) shirk one's duty.

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I was just telling hilary we saw him scrimshanking yesterday

adjective

(especially of a garment) lacking a distinctive or attractive shape.

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She wore a shapeless frock and no make-up

adjective

(of an object) not having an appearance that you consider clear, pleasing, or correct

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Summer and winter she wore the same array of faded gingham dresses and shapeless sweaters.

noun

Someone who avoids something, especially work

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We have no room for shirkers in this office.

noun

A person who is absent from work without permission

adjective

Done too hurriedly and carelessly.

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He gave a slapdash performance

adverb

Hurriedly and carelessly.

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His cabin bordering the upper buffalo river wilderness in the ozarks of northwest arkansas is slapd…

idiom

Marked by great carelessness

adjective

Characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization.

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He'd caused many problems with his slipshod management

adjective

Showing lack of effort and attention

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Slipshod repairs

adjective

Careless and unsystematic; excessively casual.

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We gave away a goal through sloppy defending

adjective

Messy or lacking care or attention

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Sloppy clothes, a sloppy administrator, sloppy weather, her grandchildren nearly smothered her with…

adjective

Very wet or liquid, often in a way that is unpleasant

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The batter was a bit sloppy so i added some more flour., she covered his face with sloppy kisses.

noun

A tough-skinned terrestrial mollusc which typically lacks a shell and secretes a film of mucus for protection. it can be a serious plant pest.

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Slugs and snails are mainly nocturnal, and the sun's heat can be fatal to slugs and to all mollusc …

verb

Drink (something, typically alcohol) in a large draught; swig.

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She picked up her drink and slugged it straight back

noun

A hard blow.

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Adam frowned and gave him a hard slug in the shoulder.

noun

A lazy person who stays in bed late.

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I was awake at 6: 00 a.m. while the hardened slugabeds wanted to sleep the day away.

noun

A lazy, sluggish person.

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I'm waiting for those sluggards to bring my steak

noun

A lazy person

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He is a sluggard who loves sleep and hates work.

adjective

Easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch.

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Soft margarine

adverb

(of a consonant) pronounced as a fricative (as c in ice ).

adjective

Not hard or firm; changing its shape when pressed

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The crabs are plucked from the water before their soft shells have had a chance to harden., the bab…