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| Slackers Celebrate |
I asked my students about their experiences in groups or
teams. They had some funny stories. I heard several people explain that in at
least one project their teammates did absolutely no work and they had to do
everything, It is with this idea that I
present some useful phrases that relate to a situation like that.
to slack off: this means to do very little or no work.
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| A slacker |
When Jimmy started slacking off, his team leader yelled at him.
All of the members of Maria's team started to slack off before the end of the project. As a result she had to do most of the work.
slacker: someone who
slacks off (usually quite often)
Greg had a bad reputation as a slacker.
Because Daniela was a terrible slacker, nobody wanted to work with her.
to pick up the slack:
to do work that other people are not doing
Phyllis had to
pick up the slack when several of her team members got sick.
