0 a dark grey rock that can easily be cut into thin pieces, or a small, flat piece of this used to cover a roof -- сланец, шифер
1 to criticize someone or something severely -- раскритиковать, устроить разнос
[ often passive ] The film had been slated by critics.
2 to be expected to happen in the future, or to be expected to be or do something in the future -- намечаться
[ + to do sth ] Filming is slated to begin next spring.
There is no change in the price of slates at all.
Are slates still as difficult to obtain, and are they still as expensive to quarry?
There is a difficulty with regard to the supply of slates, but my regional officers will assist local authorities in this matter.
I know of several repairers in my own area who have spent a lot of time trying to get these slates, with no result.
We have plenty of bricks on hand, timber, cement, and so on, for the first 100,000 houses, with a fair supply of slates.
Are we going to build of bricks and slates, or are we going to use concrete, or some new form of construction?
The materials in particularly short supply are timber, steel and cast iron, lead, certain types of electrical components, salt glazed pipes, and slates.
To-day the slates have to be delivered in a hurry, for the purpose of some local authority's housing scheme, and they are railed forthwith.
