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1 go off at a tangent
(to go off suddenly in another direction or on a different line of thought, action etc: It is difficult to have a sensible conversation with her, as she keeps going off at a tangent.) skreniti drugam -
2 tangent
['tæn‹ənt](a line that touches a curve but does not cut it.) tangenta* * *[taendžənt]1.nounmathematicstangenta; dotikalnica; figuratively nenaden odmik, odklon; American colloquially ravnočrtna železniška progaat (in, upon) a tangent — z nenadoma spremenjenim kurzomto fly (to go) off at a tangent — nenadoma kreniti v stran, oddaljiti se od téme (razgovora), nenadoma preiti z ene stvari na drugo;2.adjectivedotikajoč se (to česa)tangent balance — tehtnica, naklonica -
3 go off
1) ((of a bomb etc) to explode: The little boy was injured when the firework went off in his hand.) sprožiti se2) ((of an alarm) to ring: When the alarm went off the thieves ran away.) sprožiti se3) (to leave: He went off yesterday.) oditi4) (to begin to dislike: I've gone off cigarettes.) začutiti odpor do5) (to become rotten: That meat has gone off.) pokvariti se6) (to stop working: The fan has gone off.) pokvariti se* * *intransitive verb oditi, zbežati, odpeljati se; prodajati se (blago); sprožiti se, razpočiti se; prenehati; umreti; omedleti; zaspati; colloquially popuščati; potekati; slabšati sego off the deep end — razburiti, razjeziti se
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fly off at a tangent — fly/go off at a ˈtangent idiom (BrE) (NAmE go off on a ˈtangent) (informal) to suddenly start saying or doing sth that does not seem to be connected to what has gone before • … Useful english dictionary
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