Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to another
Happy English Friday frasal verb. I'm here every Friday with
a quick one point English lesson to help you learn
one new phraseal verb and sound more natural when you speak.
Last week we looked at mull over, which means to
think carefully about something before making a decision. Today's Fraser
verb is kind of the opposite of that careful focus,
slack off. When you slack off, it means you become
lazy about your work, your studies, or your responsibilities. You
don't try as hard as you should. Like my friend
Eddie started going to the gym in July, but by
the middle of this month he really started to slack off.
And in the office, Jenny was slacking off all week,
so now she has to stay late to finish our project.
And me, honestly speaking, I've been slacking off on studying
Japanese reading and writing. But now that I have Sayaka
Sense's new book Japanese Kanji from Scratch, I'm a lot
more motivated by the way. Notice the pronunciation slack off
slack off. We connect the K at the end of
slack with off, so it's slack off. How about you?
Do you ever slack off, maybe at work, school, or
even with your hobbies. Leave a comment below and remember
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