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101 turn off
1. vi 2. vt* * *1) (to cause (water, electricity etc) to stop flowing: I've turned off the water / the electricity.) zakręcić, przymknąć2) (to turn (a tap, switch etc) so that something stops: I turned off the tap.) zakręcić, przykręcić3) (to cause (something) to stop working by switching it off: He turned off the light / the oven.) zgasić -
102 finish off
vt* * *1) (to complete: She finished off the job yesterday.) ukończyć2) (to use, eat etc the last of: We've finished off the cake.) zużyć3) (to kill (a person): His last illness nearly finished him off.) wykończyć -
103 kick off
(SPORT) virozpoczynać (rozpocząć perf) mecz* * *to start a football game by kicking the ball: We kick off at 2.30. (noun kick-off: The kick-off is at 2.30) rozpocząć mecz piłkarski -
104 knock off
1. vi ( inf)kończyć (skończyć perf) (pracę)2. vt( from price) spuszczać (spuścić perf); ( inf) ( steal) podprowadzać (podprowadzić perf) (inf); ( murder) sprzątnąć ( perf) (inf)knock it off! ( inf) — przestań!
* * *(to stop working: I knocked off at six o'clock after studying for four hours; What time do you knock off in this factory?) skończyć pracę -
105 pay off
1. vtdebt, creditor spłacać (spłacić perf); person ( before dismissing) dać (dawać perf) odprawę +dat; person ( bribe) przekupywać (przekupić perf)2. vito pay sth off in instalments — spłacać (spłacić perf) coś w ratach
* * *1) (to pay in full and discharge (workers) because they are no longer needed: Hundreds of steel-workers have been paid off.) odprawić, zwolnić z odprawą2) (to have good results: His hard work paid off.) opłacać się -
106 set off
1. vi 2. vtbomb detonować (zdetonować perf); alarm uruchamiać (uruchomić perf); chain of events wywoływać (wywołać perf); jewels uwydatniać (uwydatnić perf); tan, complexion podkreślać (podkreślić perf)* * *1) ((sometimes with on) to start a journey: We set off to go to the beach.) wyruszać2) (to cause to start doing something: She had almost stopped crying, but his harsh words set her off again.) pobudzać3) (to explode or ignite: You should let your father set off all the fireworks.) wypuszczać, detonować -
107 show off
1. vi ( pej) 2. vtpopisywać się +instr* * *1) (to show or display for admiration: He showed off his new car by taking it to work.) popisywać się2) (to try to impress others with one's possessions, ability etc: She is just showing off - she wants everyone to know how well she speaks French (noun show-off a person who does this).) popisywać się -
108 slip off
1) (to take (clothes) off quickly: Slip off your shoe.) zsunąć, zrzucić z siebie2) (to move away noiselessly or hurriedly: We'll slip off when no-one's looking.) wymykać się -
109 tell off
vt* * *to scold: The teacher used to tell me off for not doing my homework (noun telling-off: He gave me a good telling-off) nagadać, zbesztać -
110 well-off
['wɛl'ɔf]adjdobrze sytuowany, zamożny* * *1) (rich: He is very well-off; a well-off young lady.) zamożny2) (fortunate: You do not know when you are well off.) mający szczęście -
111 beat off
vtbronić się (obronić się perf) przed +instr* * *(to succeed in overcoming or preventing: The old man beat off the youths who attacked him; He beat the attack off easily.) odeprzeć -
112 blast off
vi (SPACE)startować (wystartować perf), odpalać (odpalić perf)* * *(of rockets, spacecraft etc) to take off and start to rise (noun blast-off) odpalić -
113 browned off
1) (bored: I feel really browned off in this wet weather.) znudzony2) (annoyed: I'm browned off with his behaviour.) wściekły, obrażony -
114 dash off
* * *1) (to write quickly: to dash off a letter.) pospiesznie napisać2) (to leave hastily: to dash off to the shops.) zniknąć, popędzić -
115 drive off
vt* * *1) (to leave or go away in a car etc: He got into a van and drove off.) odjeżdżać2) (to keep away: to drive off flies.) odpędzać3) (in golf, to make the first stroke from the tee.) rozpocząć grę -
116 fight off
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117 glance off
vt fusodbijać się (odbić się ( perf)) od +gen* * *(to hit and bounce off to one side: The ball glanced off the edge of his bat.) odbić się -
118 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.) nagle zmieniać temat/kierunek itd. -
119 head off
vt* * *1) (to make (a person, animal etc) change direction: One group of the soldiers rode across the valley to head the bandits off.) zawrócić, skierować w inną stronę2) (to go in some direction: He headed off towards the river.) ruszyć, skierować się -
120 hit it off
(to become friendly: We hit it off as soon as we met; I hit it off with him.) zaprzyjaźnić się
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