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1 off guard
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2 Someone who spends a lot of time off sick
mil.sl. BiffУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Someone who spends a lot of time off sick
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3 give (someone) a ticking off
1) to scold someone:يُوَبِّخThe teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.
2) (American ) (slang) to make someone angry:يُغْضِب، يُغيظIt ticks me off when you speak like that.
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4 give (someone) a ticking off
1) to scold someone:يُوَبِّخThe teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.
2) (American ) (slang) to make someone angry:يُغْضِب، يُغيظIt ticks me off when you speak like that.
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5 tick (someone) off
1) to scold someone:يُوَبِّخThe teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.
2) (American ) (slang) to make someone angry:يُغْضِب، يُغيظIt ticks me off when you speak like that.
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6 tick (someone) off
1) to scold someone:يُوَبِّخThe teacher gave me a ticking-off for being late.
2) (American ) (slang) to make someone angry:يُغْضِب، يُغيظIt ticks me off when you speak like that.
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7 pass (something or someone) off as
to pretend that (something or someone) is (something or someone else):يَدَّعي أنَّهHe passed himself off as a journalist.
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8 pass (something or someone) off as
to pretend that (something or someone) is (something or someone else):يَدَّعي أنَّهHe passed himself off as a journalist.
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9 take off
1) to remove (clothes etc):يَخْلَع مُلابِسَهHe took off his coat.
2) (of an aircraft) to leave the ground:تُقْلِع الطّائِرَه3) not to work during (a period of time):يأخُذُ عُطْلَه، لا يَشْتَغِلI'm taking tomorrow morning off.
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10 fob (someone) off with (something)
to get (someone) to accept (something worthless):يُماطِل بالوُعودHe fobbed me off with promises.
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11 fob (someone) off with (something)
to get (someone) to accept (something worthless):يُماطِل بالوُعودHe fobbed me off with promises.
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12 fob (someone) off with (something)
to get (someone) to accept (something worthless):يُماطِل بالوُعودHe fobbed me off with promises.
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13 fob (someone) off with (something)
to get (someone) to accept (something worthless):يُماطِل بالوُعودHe fobbed me off with promises.
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14 palm (something) off on (someone)
to get rid of (an undesirable thing or person) by giving, selling etc to (someone else):يَتَخَلَّص مِنThey palmed off their unwelcome guests on the people next door.
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15 palm (something) off on (someone)
to get rid of (an undesirable thing or person) by giving, selling etc to (someone else):يَتَخَلَّص مِنThey palmed off their unwelcome guests on the people next door.
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16 palm (something) off on (someone)
to get rid of (an undesirable thing or person) by giving, selling etc to (someone else):يَتَخَلَّص مِنThey palmed off their unwelcome guests on the people next door.
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17 palm (something) off on (someone)
to get rid of (an undesirable thing or person) by giving, selling etc to (someone else):يَتَخَلَّص مِنThey palmed off their unwelcome guests on the people next door.
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18 start off
1) to begin a journey:يَبدأ الرِّحْلَهIt's time we started off.
2) to cause or allow something to begin, someone to start doing something etc:يَسْمح لَه أن يَبْدأThe money lent to him by his father started him off as a bookseller.
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19 put (someone) off the scent
to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for:يُعْطي مَعلومات خاطِئَهShe told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.
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20 put (someone) off the scent
to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for:يُعْطي مَعلومات خاطِئَهShe told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.
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