slack: (of ropes, etc.) laxa; (slow) lenta; (remiss) neglij-anta, -ema; ne-ag-ema; des-vigil-anta, -ema; ne-rigor-oza; (feeble) febla; to be s.: (of trade) (intr.) langorar; s. water: aquo ne-mov-anta; maxim alta mareo.
slacken: (make or become less tense) des-tensar, lax-igar, -eskar; (diminish) diminutar; moderar; febl-igar; (make slower) (plu-)lent-igar, -eskar.
slag: skorio.
slake: (thirst) saciar; amortisar; extingar; s. lime: aqu-izar la kalko.
slam: (shut noisily) bruis-oze klozar (ulo); (throw down) bruisoze jetar (ulo, ad), de-jet-egar (ulo).
slander: (tr., intr.) maldicensar; kalumniar (cf. denigrar); (legal) difam-ar; (n.) -o, -ado; -er: -anto, -ero; -ous: (of things) kalumni-a, -oza, -ema; difam-anta, -ema, -iva; (person) difam-anto, -ero; maldicens-anto, -ero, emo.
slang: slang-o (cf. jargono); -y: -a, -ala, -atra.
slant: (tr., intr.) inklinar; obliqu-igar, -eskar, -irar, -marchar; s.ing: obliqua, inklin-ita (ad).
slap: frap-(et)ar (ulu, ulo); s. anyone’s face: vango-frapar (ulu); (n.) (manu-, vango-) frapo; (clap of hands, whip, etc.) klako; (fig.) insulto; (interj.) plump!; s.dash way: en maniero sen-reflekta.
slash: inciz-(eg)ar; sek-vundar; tranch-eg-achar; (surface) sek-achar, sek-vundar; (a whip) klakar; (lash) flogar; verg-agar.
slash: (on face, etc.) sek-vund-uro, inciz-uro.
slate: ardezo; (min.) skisto; (for writing) ardez-tabelo; to s.: (a roof) ardez-izar , -kovrar; s. pencil: ardeza-krayono; s. roof: ardez-tekto; to s. a person: (censure) reprimandar; (put on a political slate) pozar ulu o la nomo di ulu sur listo di kandidati; kandidat-igar, -eskar, -esar; s.-colo(u)red: ardez-ea.
slattern: sordid-(in)o, persono des-neta; -ly: des-neta, sordid-ema; neglij-anta, -ema.
slaughter: (animals) buchar; (massacre) masakrar (cf. egorjar); (to cause to die) mort-igar; (murder) ocidar; s.house: buch-eyo, -erio.
Slav(onian) language: la Slava.
slave: labor-egar sklav-atre; sklav-esar (ad); (n.) sklav-(ul)o; -er: (dealer) sklav-vend-isto; (ship) sklav-navo; (v.) bavar; -ry: sklav-eso; to reduce to s.ry: sklav-igar (ulu); -ish: -ala, -atra, -ema.
slay: mort-igar; (assassinate) asasinar (see slaughter).
sled: glit-vetur-o; -ge: (tr.) transportar (ulo) per glit-vetur-(eg)o; sledge-hammer: martel-ego, forjo-martel-ego.
sleek: (smooth) glat-a, (v.) -igar; (of horses) pilo-glata; (polished) polis-ita; -y: (of persons) hipokrita, ruz-ema, dolc-acha.
sleep: (intr.) (be asleep) dormar; (stay for the night) lojar, kushar su ye; to be sleepy: somnolar; s. like a top: dormar tranquile; s. in peace: (fig.) repozar pac-oze; to s. out: (as of servants) lojar exter la domo, la hemo; lack of s.: manko di dormo; (insomnia) ne-dorm-iv-eso; sound s.: dormo profunda; to go to s.: dorm-eskar; to awake from s.: vekar; s.er: dorm-anto; (on R.R. track) travers-o, -o-trabo (fer-voy-ala); (sleeping car) lit-vagono; s.- walking: somnambul-(ad)o, -eso; -y: somnol-anta, -ema; dorm-ema.
sleet: (intr., impers.) grel-etar, -eti.
sleeve: maniko; to laugh in one’s s.: cel-ate ridar (see cuff).
sleigh: glit-veturo, -kalesho; -ing: glit-vetur-veh-ado; glit-vetur-transporto.
sleight of hand: eskamot-o, -ar.
slender: (svelte) gracila; (thin and long) tenua; (weak) febla; lejera; (not amply supplied) povra, streta, meskina; (small) mikra; s. stalk: stipo tenua; s. waist: tayo tenua; s. repast: repasto lejera, repast-eto; s. means: febla moyeni o hav-aji.
sleuth: traco-serch-ero; detektivo; s.-hound: chas-hundo.
slice: tranchar (ulo, en lonchi, en peci).
slice: (n.) loncho; tranch-ajo; s. of bread and butter: pan-loncho butr-iz-ita.
slick: (clever) habila; ruz-oza, -ema; (smooth) glata.
slide: (intr.) glit-ar; (tr.) -igar (cf. shovar, pulsar; insinuar).
