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1 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) laisvas -
2 off the beaten track
(away from main roads, centres of population etc.) nuošaliai -
3 shut off
1) (to stop an engine working, a liquid flowing etc: I'll need to shut the gas off before I repair the fire.) atjungti, išjungti2) (to keep away (from); to make separate (from): He shut himself off from the rest of the world.) atsiskirti -
4 cut off
1) (to interrupt or break a telephone connection: I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.) nutraukti2) (to separate: They were cut off from the rest of the army.) atkirsti3) (to stop or prevent delivery of: They've cut off our supplies of coal.) nutraukti, sustabdyti -
5 drive off
1) (to leave or go away in a car etc: He got into a van and drove off.) nuvažiuoti2) (to keep away: to drive off flies.) nuvaikyti3) (in golf, to make the first stroke from the tee.) smogti pirmą kartą -
6 keep off
1) (to stay away: There are notices round the bomb warning people to keep off; The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.) nesiartinti2) (to prevent from getting to or on to (something): This umbrella isn't pretty, but it keeps off the rain.) apsaugoti nuo -
7 seal off
(to prevent all approach to, or exit from, (an area): The police have sealed off the area where the murdered girl was found.) užtverti, užblokuoti -
8 strip off
(to remove clothes or a covering from a thing or person: He stripped (his clothes) off and had a shower; The doctor stripped his bandage off.) nusirengti, nu(si)mesti, nuplėšti, nuimti -
9 read off
(to read from a dial, instrument etc: The engineer read off the temperatures one by one.) žiūrėti -
10 see off
(to accompany (a person starting on a journey) to the airport, railway station etc from which he is to leave: He saw me off at the station.) palydėti -
11 sleep off
(to recover from (something) by sleeping: She's in bed sleeping off the effects of the party.) atsimiegoti -
12 strain off
(to remove (liquid) from eg vegetables by using a sieve etc: When the potatoes were cooked, she strained off the water.) (nu)košti -
13 draw off
(to pour out (liquid) from a large container: The barman drew off a pint of beer.) nupilti -
14 spark
1. noun1) (a tiny red-hot piece thrown off by something burning, or when two very hard (eg metal) surfaces are struck together: Sparks were being thrown into the air from the burning building.) kibirkštis2) (an electric current jumping across a gap: a spark from a faulty light-socket.) kibirkštis3) (a trace (eg of life, humour): a spark of enthusiasm.) kibirkštėlė2. verb1) (to give off sparks.) kibirkščiuoti2) ((often with off) to start (a row, disagreement etc): Their action sparked off a major row.) įžiebti, pradėti -
15 draw
[dro:] 1. past tense - drew; verb1) (to make a picture or pictures (of), usually with a pencil, crayons etc: During his stay in hospital he drew a great deal; Shall I draw a cow?) piešti2) (to pull along, out or towards oneself: She drew the child towards her; He drew a gun suddenly and fired; All water had to be drawn from a well; The cart was drawn by a pony.) traukti3) (to move (towards or away from someone or something): The car drew away from the kerb; Christmas is drawing closer.) trauktis, artėti4) (to play (a game) in which neither side wins: The match was drawn / We drew at 1-1.) sužaisti lygiosiomis5) (to obtain (money) from a fund, bank etc: to draw a pension / an allowance.) gauti6) (to open or close (curtains).) atitraukti7) (to attract: She was trying to draw my attention to something.) pritraukti2. noun1) (a drawn game: The match ended in a draw.) lygiosios2) (an attraction: The acrobats' act should be a real draw.) atrakcionas3) (the selecting of winning tickets in a raffle, lottery etc: a prize draw.) loterijos lošimas, burtų traukimas4) (an act of drawing, especially a gun: He's quick on the draw.) traukimas•- drawing- drawn
- drawback
- drawbridge
- drawing-pin
- drawstring
- draw a blank
- draw a conclusion from
- draw in
- draw the line
- draw/cast lots
- draw off
- draw on1
- draw on2
- draw out
- draw up
- long drawn out -
16 blast
1. noun1) (a strong, sudden stream (of air): a blast of cold air.) gūsis2) (a loud sound: a blast on the horn.) skardus/šaižus garsas3) (an explosion: the blast from a bomb.) sprogimas2. verb1) (to tear (apart etc) by an explosion: The door was blasted off its hinges.) nuplėšti2) ((often with out) to come or be sent out, very loudly: Music (was being) blasted out from the radio.) griaudėti•- blasting- blast furnace
- at full blast
- blast off -
17 branch
1. noun1) (an arm-like part of a tree: He cut some branches off the oak tree.) šaka2) (an offshoot from the main part (of a business, railway etc): There isn't a branch of that store in this town; ( also adjective) That train runs on the branch line.) atšaka, filialas2. verb((usually with out/off) to spread out like, or into, a branch or branches: The road to the coast branches off here.) išsišakoti -
18 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) karpyti, kirpti, pjau(sty)ti, kapoti, kirsti, rėžti, raižyti2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) (nu)kirpti, (at)pjauti, (su)pjaustyti3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) išpjauti, iškirpti, iškirsti4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) pakirpti5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) sumažinti6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) iškirpti7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) įsipjauti, įsikirsti8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) perkelti9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') nutraukti, sustabdyti10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) kirsti per11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) kirsti12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) praleisti13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) apsimesti nematančiam2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) įpjovimas, pjūvis, kirpimas, sumažinimas, nutraukimas2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) sukirpimas3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) gabalas, išpjova•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) kandus- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) negailestingas- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short -
19 break
[breik] 1. past tense - broke; verb1) (to divide into two or more parts (by force).) laužyti, daužyti2) ((usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).) nudaužti, nulaužti3) (to make or become unusable.) sugadinti, sugesti4) (to go against, or not act according to (the law etc): He broke his appointment at the last minute.) (su)laužyti, nusižengti5) (to do better than (a sporting etc record).) įveikti, viršyti, pagerinti6) (to interrupt: She broke her journey in London.) pertraukti7) (to put an end to: He broke the silence.) nutraukti, pabaigti8) (to make or become known: They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.) pranešti9) ((of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.) užlūžti, mutuoti10) (to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).) sušvelninti11) (to begin: The storm broke before they reached shelter.) prasidėti2. noun1) (a pause: a break in the conversation.) pertrauka2) (a change: a break in the weather.) pasikeitimas3) (an opening.) spraga, plyšys4) (a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck: This is your big break.) proga, galimybė•3. noun((usually in plural) something likely to break.) dūžtantys daiktai- breakage- breaker
- breakdown
- break-in
- breakneck
- breakout
- breakthrough
- breakwater
- break away
- break down
- break into
- break in
- break loose
- break off
- break out
- break out in
- break the ice
- break up
- make a break for it -
20 edge
[e‹] 1. noun1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) kraštas2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) ašmenys3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) aštrumas2. verb1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) apvedžioti, apsiūti2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) pa(si)stumti, stumti(s)•- edging- edgy
- edgily
- edginess
- have the edge on/over
- on edge
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