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Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to another

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Happy English Friday frasal verb. I'm here every Friday with

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a quick one point English lesson to help you learn

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one new phraseal verb and sound more natural when you speak.

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Last week we looked at mull over, which means to

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think carefully about something before making a decision. Today's Fraser

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verb is kind of the opposite of that careful focus,

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slack off. When you slack off, it means you become

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lazy about your work, your studies, or your responsibilities. You

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don't try as hard as you should. Like my friend

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Eddie started going to the gym in July, but by

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the middle of this month he really started to slack off.

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And in the office, Jenny was slacking off all week,

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so now she has to stay late to finish our project.

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And me, honestly speaking, I've been slacking off on studying

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Japanese reading and writing. But now that I have Sayaka

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Sense's new book Japanese Kanji from Scratch, I'm a lot

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more motivated by the way. Notice the pronunciation slack off

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slack off. We connect the K at the end of

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slack with off, so it's slack off. How about you?

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Do you ever slack off, maybe at work, school, or

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even with your hobbies. Leave a comment below and remember

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to follow our subscribe so you don't miss the next

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Happy English podcast and next week's Friday phrasal Verb. Thanks

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for listening, and until next time, keep learning and keep

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it cool.