schlappmachen

Dennoch setzten die Menschen ihr zeitloses Stillschweigen fort und säubern, was ihre Respektpersonen übrig gelassen haben, in der Art einer Maschine, die scheinbar immer kurz vor dem Schlappmachen ist, es aber niemals tut.

The people go on, though, with the timelessness of silence, cleaning up what their betters have left behind, with the bearing of a machine that always seems to be on the verge of breaking down, but never does.