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101 wave off
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102 pull off
PhrV1. रुकनाThe vehicle pulled off the highway to refresh its passengers.2. सफल हो जानाAt last, he pulled off his examinations and came out in flying colours. -
103 far-off
[͵fɑ:(r)ʹɒf] aдалёкий, отдалённыйa far-off look came into her eyes - в её глазах появилось отсутствующее выражение
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104 see off
проводить кого-либо (в аэропорту, на вокзале)They came to the airport to see us off.
All the parents were at the railway station seeing the children off to school.
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105 see off
['siː'ɔf]vFriends came to the station to see me off. — Друзья пришли на вокзал, чтобы проводить меня
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106 eat someone's head off
expr infmlShe ate his head off when he came in late — Она долго пилила его за то, что он поздно вернулся домой
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > eat someone's head off
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107 get it off
expr sl1) vulgThe entire crew of the yacht came ashore to get it off — Вся команда яхты сошла на берег, чтобы перепихнуться с какими-нибудь женщинами
2) tabooNow that he's fifty he never seems to get it off — Ему уже пятьдесят лет, и он с трудом кончает
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108 ring off the hook
expr infmlThe phone was ringing off the hook when I came in — Телефон буквально разрывался, когда я вошел
We've been busy today. The phone's been ringing off the hook — У нас сегодня была запарка. Телефон звонил не умолкая
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > ring off the hook
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109 eat high off the hog
разг.жить в роскоши, жить припеваючи; ≈ как сыр в масле кататься [первонач. амер.]; см. тж. live low on the hogYou could get you back that apartment... and live as high off the hog as weve been livin here. (J. Jones, ‘Some Came Running’, book 3, ch. XXXVIII) — Вы могли бы получить обратно свою старую квартиру... и жить припеваючи, не хуже, чем мы живем здесь.
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110 take the gilt off the gingerbread
paзг."cнять пoзoлoту", лишить чтo-л. пpивлeкaтeльнocти; пoкaзывaть кoгo-л. (или чтo-л.) бeз пpикpacI'll take some o' the conceit out of them, take some o' the gilt off their gingerbread. They don't know who they're up against yet, but by gad, I'll learn [-teach] them (A J. Cronin). 'Golly, here's Mummy... Good-bye.' 'Good-bye,' I said feeling a little puzzled. Some of the gilt had already been taken off the gingerbread. Why should she panic when her mother came into the room? (J. Brains)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > take the gilt off the gingerbread
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111 far-off
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112 yank off
1) вытащить
2) вытолкать Some men came into the house and yanked him off I don't know where. ≈ В дом вошли несколько человек и потащили его неизвестно куда.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > yank off
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113 give somebody a telling off
сделать втык; отчитать (отругать)A customer complained about one of the waiters, so the manageress came and gave him a good telling off.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > give somebody a telling off
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114 make off
to escape in a hurry удратьHer boyfriend made off as soon as her father came home.
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115 yank off
фраз. гл. забрать (кого-л.), увести (кого-л.) с собойSome men came into the house and yanked him off I don't know where. — В дом вошли несколько человек, забрали его и потащили неизвестно куда.
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116 to bunk off
Сбежать откуда-либо или не явиться куда-либо. Это выражение, в настоящее время употребляемое в основном среди школьников, вариант выражения to do a bunk, которое было очень распространено в XIX в.The police came round to his house to have a talk with him, but he had bunked off. — Полицейские пришли к нему домой, чтобы побеседовать с ним, но он удрал.
Нет никакой связи с bunk bed (двухэтажная кровать). Bunk или bung означает поднимать, подбрасывать, бросать.Don't bother to tidy up the toys — just bung everything in the cupboard. — Не трать время на уборку игрушек — просто побросай всё в шкаф.
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117 killed off
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118 shake the dew off one's lily
expr AmE vulg slThere he was shaking the dew off his lily when his train came in — Он пошел поссать в туалет, когда прибыл его поезд
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > shake the dew off one's lily
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119 skip off
phrvi infmlI notice he skipped off pretty smartly when the moment came to pay the bill — Я заметил, как он ловко смылся, когда официант принес счет
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120 curtain off
phr v отделять занавесом
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