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122 cut off
transitive verb2) (interrupt, make unavailable) abschneiden [Zufuhr]; abstellen [Strom, Gas, Wasser]; unterbrechen [Telefongespräch, Sprecher am Telefon]3) (isolate) abschneidenbe cut off by the snow/tide — durch den Schnee/die Flut abgeschnitten sein
5) (exclude from contact)* * *1) (to interrupt or break a telephone connection: I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.) unterbrechen2) (to separate: They were cut off from the rest of the army.) trennen3) (to stop or prevent delivery of: They've cut off our supplies of coal.) abschneiden* * *◆ cut offvt1. (remove)▪ to \cut off off ⇆ sth etw abschneidento \cut off the fat off a steak das Fett von einem Steak wegschneiden2. (sever)▪ to \cut off off ⇆ sth etw abschneidenhis leg was \cut off off by a machine sein Bein wurde von einer Maschine abgetrennt3. (silence)▪ to \cut off off ⇆ sb jdn unterbrechen4. (disconnect)▪ to \cut off off ⇆ sth etw unterbindento \cut off off electricity den Strom abstellen [o sperren]to \cut off off the enemy's escape route dem Feind den Fluchtweg abschneidento \cut off off sb's gas supply jdm das Gas abdrehento \cut off off a phone conversation ein Telefongespräch unterbrechen5. (isolate)▪ to \cut off off ⇆ sb/sth jdn/etw abschneidento be/get \cut off off by sth durch etw akk abgeschnitten sein/werdenthey were \cut off off by the snow sie waren durch den Schnee von der Außenwelt abgeschnittenwhen his wife died, he \cut off himself off from other people nach dem Tod seiner Frau lebte er ganz zurückgezogen▪ to \cut off off ⇆ sb jdm nichts mehr zu trinken geben▪ to \cut off off ⇆ sb/sth jdn/etw schneidento get \cut off off geschnitten werden8.▶ to \cut off sb off with a shilling [or without a penny] jdn enterben* * *cut off v/t1. abschneiden, abhauen, absägen:cut off sb’s head jemanden köpfen2. den Strom etc absperren, abdrehen, eine Verbindung, die Versorgung, den Weg etc abschneiden:cut off the enemy’s retreat dem Feind den Rückzug abschneiden;he had his electricity cut off ihm wurde der Strom gesperrt;be cut off from the outside world von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten sein4. ELEK, TECH ab-, ausschalten5. figa) abschneiden, trennenb) abbrechen, (abrupt) beenden7. jemanden dahinraffen* * *transitive verb1) (remove by cutting) abschneiden; abtrennen; (with axe etc.) abschlagen2) (interrupt, make unavailable) abschneiden [Zufuhr]; abstellen [Strom, Gas, Wasser]; unterbrechen [Telefongespräch, Sprecher am Telefon]3) (isolate) abschneidenbe cut off by the snow/tide — durch den Schnee/die Flut abgeschnitten sein
4) (prevent, block) abschneiden* * *adj.abgeschnitten adj. v.abschneiden v.abstellen v. -
123 one's head off
разг.без конца, сколько влезет, сколько душе угодно; вовсю, напропалую; как безумный; ужасно, отчаянноYou can talk your heads off about Edward Driffield, but I shall be able to get away when I'm fed up with you. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Cakes and Ale’, ch. XI) — Вы можете до одурения говорить об Эдуарде Дриффилде, но я лично уйду, когда разговор этот мне надоест.
He tells me - say, you'd laugh your head off. (S. Lewis, ‘Ann Vickers’, ch. XXVI) — Он мне отвечает. Ну, знаете, со смеху лопнуть можно.
Anyway, when he was finished, and everybody was clapping their heads off, old Ernie turned around on his stool and gave this very phony, humble bow. (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, ch. XII) — А когда Эрни кончил и все стали хлопать как одержимые, он повернулся на табурете и поклонился этаким деланным, смиренным поклоном.
She made me so nervous, I just kept on lying my head off. ‘I'm still recuperating,’ I told her. (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, ch. XIII) — я ужасно нервничал из-за нее. Врал вовсю. Говорил, что еще не совсем поправился.
The phone's been ringing its head off. (D. Cusack and F. James, ‘Come in Spinner’, ‘Wednesday I’) — Телефон звонил беспрерывно.
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124 cut off
1) обрезать, отрезать;
отсекать;
обрывать;
прерывать Оperator, I have been cut off ≈ послушайте, станция, нас разъединили Syn: clip, chop off, exscind
2) приводить к ранней смерти The soldier was cut off in his youth. ≈ Он погиб молодым.
3) отрезать (отступление) The army was cut off from its supplies. ≈ Армии перерезали коммуникации. Last night's severe snowstorm cut off three villages. ≈ Снежная буря, разразившаяся прошлой ночью, отрезала от внешнего мира три деревни.
4) выключать (электричество, воду, газ и т. п.) The electricity supply will be cut off if we don't pay our bill. ≈ Нам отключат электричество, если мы не заплатим по счету. обрезать, отрезать, отрубать, отсекать - to *smb.'s head отрезать кому-л. голову;
- to * smb.'s limb ампутировать кому-л. руку или ногу отрезать;
изолировать - to * an enemy's retreat отрезать противнику путь к отступлению - towns cut off by floods города, отрезанные от остального мира наводнением срезать;
- to * (спортивное) срезать поворот;
- to * а corner срезать угол, пойти напрямик перерезать, разъединять, прерывать - the telephone operator cut us off before we had finished our conversation телефонист разъединил нас прежде, чем мы успели закончить разговор выключать - to * the electricity supply прекратить подачу электроэнергии отключить прекращатъ, кончать;
прерывать - to * а debate прекратить дебаты - to * negotiations прервать переговоры оборвать, привести к концу - the war cut off many man in their prime война унесла много молодых жизней лишать наследства -
125 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 -
126 the head and front of smth.
книжн.1) предел, верх чего-л.; самое главное, важное, существенное [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]Othello: "...true, I have married her: The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more." (W. Shakespeare, ‘Othello’, act I, sc. 3) — Отелло: "...он прав. я браком сочетался с ней. Вот все мои как будто прегрешенья." (перевод Б. Пастернака)
‘He is a harsh man... he cut off our hair; and for economy's sake, bought us bad needles and threads with which we could hardly sew.’ ‘...And was that the head and front of his offending?’ demanded Mr. Rochester. ‘He starved us... And he bored us with long lectures...’ (Ch. Brontë, ‘Jane Eyre’, ch. XIII) — - Он плохой человек... он приказал всех нас остричь и покупал из экономии никуда не годные иголки и нитки, которыми нельзя было шить. -...И это все, чем он обижал вас? - спросил мистер Рочестер. - Он морил нас голодом... и еще изводил бесконечными наставлениями...
They intend to make this the head and front of their policy. — Они намерены положить этот принцип в основу своей политики.
2) руководитель, глава, шеф чего-лYou're the nominal head and front of this whole movement in opposition to me at present, and You're the one I have to look to. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Titan’, ch. XXXVIII) — В настоящее время вы, как известно, возглавляете затеянный против меня поход, и, следовательно, с вами мне и надо договариваться в первую очередь.
Skeffington did not carry weight. He had been so much the head and front of the Howard party that men did not listen to him any more. They would just dismiss this as another outburst, and the last. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Affair’, ch. XXIX) — Скеффингтон не имел веса. Он так энергично возглавлял и представлял всюду говардскую партию, что его не желали больше слушать. Старейшины попросту отмахнутся от него, приняв его заявление за очередной, но на этот раз последний выпад.
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127 one's blood is on one's own head
≈ сам виноватHe has cut himself off from his kind. His blood be upon his own head (H. G. Wells, ‘The Invisible Man’, ch. 25) — Он бросил вызов человечеству, так пусть отвечает за последствия сам!
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128 ■ snap off
■ snap offA v. t. + avv.1 spezzare ( un ramo, ecc.); staccare ( con un morso, ecc.): The shark snapped his arm off, il pescecane gli ha staccato un braccio con un morso; He snapped off a chunk of bread, con un morso ha staccato un pezzo dalla pagnottaB v. i. + avv.( di un ramo, ecc.) spezzarsi; rompersi □ (fig. fam.) to snap sb. 's head off, mangiare la faccia a q.; rispondere a q. in malo modo.
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off one's head — phrasal : crazy, distracted * * * off (or out of) one s head informal crazy my old man s going off his head, you know ■ extremely drunk or severely under the influence of drugs … Useful english dictionary
off one's head — {adj. phr.} Crazy; mad. * /We had no doubt that the old man was off his head when we saw him jumping into the lake with his winter coat on./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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off with his head — behead him!, decapitate him! … English contemporary dictionary