1. slack
building in some slack
It is important that no one is allowed to slack off on their assigned work.
We tend to slack off after many hours of hard work.
I thank my sons for their tireless work on behalf of the campaign, and thank their wives and children — (cheers, applause) — for taking up their slack as their husbands and dads have spent so many weeks away from home.
‘a slack rope’, ‘business was rather slack’, ‘they were working at a slack pace’
He grabbed the slack and pulled down the rope.
Sales figures for this month have been rather slack.
security is very slack here
slack discipline, slack worker
Lots of teens are slack students. And summertime is a major slack.
There's a huge slack in that system; with the right pricing we can undo that. - system z wadami
These tent ropes are too slack - they need tightening
Can't cut you any slack for it, though.
Adjustments of the front seat might bring slack in the anchor belts; tighten the anchor belts again.
Cut him some slack, John. It's his first day on the job.
2. loosely
The parcel had only been loosely wrapped, and the paper had come off.
3. relaxing
She wanted to live a more relaxing life.
She wished for a more relaxing life, but that was impossible under the circumstances.
There is nothing as relaxing as lying in a hot bath.
Some people are killing time relaxing on park benches.
I'd love to be able to find more time that I could spend relaxing.
The supply-demand balance is relaxing.
The women are relaxing on the piano.
I had a relaxing talk.
Enjoy the experience of a relaxing day at Karuizawa.
I like to fish; it's a very relaxing way to spend the day.
Inglês palavra "luźna"(relaxing) ocorre em conjuntos:
Podstawa - praca, zawody4. loose
I usually toss my loose change into my desk drawer.
After tying up loose ends on the house, the carpenter gave the painter approval to begin work.
As a prank, some students let three goats loose inside their school after painting the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on the sides of the goats. The teachers spent most of the day looking for goat number 3.
loose trousers
I usually cut loose a bit and drink plenty before a day off work but if my drinks are cut with tochu tea then I get absolutely no hangover.
Let us students contribute to the welfare of the victims of the earthquake; even loose change will go a long way.
With his wife and children in the country, he was at loose ends for something to do.
It would be a shame for a young man to be at loose ends just because he can't get the kind of job he wants.
There have been a lot of clothes lately that fit tightly and I don't like it. I prefer clothes with a loose design.
Recently, I feel like the number of women with loose morals is increasing.
If you cannot get the patch to stick successfully, remove the loose patch and use a new patch.
By the way, your hair looks beautiful when left loose.
Isn't it better to get drunk and cut loose once in a while and blow off the tension of daily frustration?
Why don't you try expressing your opinion a little more gently? Think about how he feels getting told flatly that he's being cut loose.