slip

give someone the slip

(informal)evade or escape from someone

(非正式)避開某人；甩掉某人

let something slip

reveal something inadvertently in the course of a conversation

無意中講出

[with clause]Clive had let slip he was married.

克萊夫無意中說出他已經結婚了。

(archaic)release a hound from the leash so as to begin the chase

(古)放開（狗的繩索）

let slip the dogs of war.

發動戰爭。

let something slip through one's fingers (或 grasp)

lose hold or possession of something

對…失控；失去

slip of the pen

(或 the tongue)a minor mistake in writing (or speech)

筆誤；口誤

slip through the net

there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip

(proverb)many things can go wrong between the start of a project and its completion; nothing is certain until it has happened

(諺)杯到嘴邊還會失手（指萬事難以十拿九穩，事情往往功敗垂成）

a slip of a ——

used to denote a small, slim person

瘦小的

you are little more than a slip of a girl.

你還只是個瘦小的小姑娘。

slip away

die peacefully (used euphemistically)

(婉)安詳地死去

he lay there and quietly slipped away.

他靜靜地躺在那兒，安詳地去世了。

slip something over on

(informal, dated)take advantage of (someone) by trickery

(非正式，舊)欺騙；蒙騙

slip up

(informal)make a careless error

(非正式)出差錯

they often slipped up when it came to spelling.

一到拼寫，他們就經常出差錯。

give (someone) the slip&I{【俚語】}

To escape the pursuit of.

逃脫…的追逐

let slip

To say inadvertently.

出于無心地說出

slip one over on【非正式用語】

To hoodwink; trick.

蒙蔽；欺騙