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Today i've got a great phrasal verb for you.
E-cube number 264.
Let's go back in time.
Today's expression.
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It's a phrasal verb to slack up.
Now, we studied slacking off.
We studied a slacker.
But what does it mean to slack up?
You should slack up.
You need to slack up.
Perhaps I ought to slack up.
This is a great expression and I think it comes from perhaps a cowboy I'm guessing or maybe not just a cowboy, maybe a guy who rode camels, or maybe a guy who used cows to plow his field.
But the idea is to slack up.
To slack up means to be nice.
To not be so hard.
So once again, go back to a cowboy.
You're riding a horse.
And where do you keep your hands?
You keep your hands on this basically leather rope.
And that rope is attached to the horse's mouth.
So if you pull on the horse's mouth, it means something.
So if you pull really tight, it means the horse must go faster and faster and faster.
So if you pull on the rope, there's a lot of tension.
It means go harder, go harder, go harder.
So if you slack up, you release the tension.
Everything is relaxed and there's no more pressure.
Now sometimes your boss might be working you very hard.
You need to work until 7 p.m. tonight.
Tomorrow you need to be here at 8 p.m.
I need you here this weekend.
You need to finish this project by 5 p.m.
You need to do this.
You need to do that.
You're pushing your employees.
They're pushing them so hard, so hard.
They're going to break.
They're going to go crazy.
They're going to quit.
You need to slack up.
You need to relax a little bit.
Quit pushing them so hard.
You need to slack up.
Sometimes you might be too hard on yourself.
You might need to slack up on yourself.
I'll talk about that after you check out the dialogue.
You're too hard on your kitty.
She needs to learn.
You should slack up a bit.
No.
Cats need to learn young.
Yeah, I think it's true.
Cats...
Kids, children, they need to learn young.
You need to train your cats, just like you teach your children how to do things.
Be hard, right?
My dad was real hard on me, and that's good.
I think it's good.
I don't think we need to slack up on kids.
We don't need to slack up on cats.
I know many of you might disagree.
When I went to the army, they were tough.
They were really tough.
Yelling at you, getting in your face, pushing you to the ground.
Now, they're much nicer.
They really slacked up.
Why?
No, I think you should be hard.
Be hard.
When it comes to English, we have a class called DDM.
Now, last week, I slacked up.
I gave my students a really nice, simple lesson.
But this week, I was hard.
I gave them a very difficult lesson this week.
So sometimes in my lessons, I do slack up.
I have to give them a break.
I have to be a little bit easier on them.
What about yourself?
I remember for me, last year, I wanted to quit smoking.
It took me eight months, but I did it.
And in the past, I'd quit smoking for two days and then I'd start again.
And then I would say to myself, oh, you're so bad.
I look in the mirror.
You're a loser.
You're smoking again.
It's so dirty.
You're wasting money.
What are you doing?
You're an idiot.
I would be really hard on myself.
But last year, I slacked up.
So I quit smoking again.
Then two days later, I'd smoke again.
And I would look in the mirror and say, yeah, it's tough.
It's tough.
But don't worry.
Tomorrow's another day.
Try again.
Try again.
I was much nicer to myself.
And it worked.
Sometimes you need to be tough.
You need to be hard on yourself, on your children, on your employees, on your family.
But not all the time.
It's so important.
Sometimes you need to slack up.
So if you're a tough guy like me, I think I'm kind of tough.
I'm kind of hard.
Especially on other people.
Which is not good.
I need to slack up.
What about you?
Are you too slack?
Are you too easy?
Or are you pretty hard?
Well, if you're pretty hard, you might need to slack up.
Think about it.
Who in your life is really hard?
Maybe your dad, maybe your mom, maybe your boss, maybe your teacher, maybe your friend, maybe your brother, maybe your sister.
Who's really hard?
Think about that person.
And maybe if you can, try to persuade them to slack up.
It might be pretty good.
You're too hard on your kitty.
She needs to learn.
You should slack up a bit.
No, cats need to learn young.
You're too hard on your kitty.
She needs to learn.
You should slack up a bit.
No, cats need to learn young.
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