to relax or slow down the pace of something
sich entspannen oder das Tempo von etwas verlangsamen
"After the deadline, we can ease back a little."
"Nach der Frist können wir uns ein wenig entspannen."
someone’s real character or intentions
to question someone intensely
to punish or criticize someone severely
to deliberately ignore something wrong or unpleasant
to cause something to increase
a problem or error in a program or system