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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.) kiikistä -
2 off the beaten track
(away from main roads, centres of population etc.) syrjässä -
3 from farther off
• edempää• kauempaa -
4 from further off
• kauempaa -
5 shut off
• eristää• katkaista• sulkea jostakin• sulkea• sulkeutua• kytkeä pois* * *1) (to stop an engine working, a liquid flowing etc: I'll need to shut the gas off before I repair the fire.) sulkea, sammuttaa2) (to keep away (from); to make separate (from): He shut himself off from the rest of the world.) eristää -
6 cut off
• panna poikkitechnology• irrottaa• tyrehdyttää• estää• eristää• purkaa• pysäyttää• katkoa• katkaista• katketa• keskeyttää• hakata• sulkea• leikata• pois• piiluta• lopettaa* * *1) (to interrupt or break a telephone connection: I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.) katkaista2) (to separate: They were cut off from the rest of the army.) eristää3) (to stop or prevent delivery of: They've cut off our supplies of coal.) katkaista, pysäyttää -
7 keep off
• pysyä erossa• pysytellä loitolla* * *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.) pysyä poissa2) (to prevent from getting to or on to (something): This umbrella isn't pretty, but it keeps off the rain.) pitää loitolla -
8 take/keep one's mind off
(to turn one's attention from; to prevent one from thinking about: A good holiday will take your mind off your troubles.) suunnata ajatukset muualle -
9 drive off
• hätistää• hätistellä* * *1) (to leave or go away in a car etc: He got into a van and drove off.) ajaa pois2) (to keep away: to drive off flies.) hätistellä pois3) (in golf, to make the first stroke from the tee.) lyödä aloituslyönti -
10 strip off
• riisua* * *(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.) riisua, riisuutua -
11 draw off
• vetää• viedä pois• laskea* * *(to pour out (liquid) from a large container: The barman drew off a pint of beer.) juoksuttaa -
12 read off
(to read from a dial, instrument etc: The engineer read off the temperatures one by one.) tarkistaa -
13 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.) eristää -
14 see off
• saattaa* * *(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.) saattaa -
15 sleep off
• nukkumalla parantaa* * *(to recover from (something) by sleeping: She's in bed sleeping off the effects of the party.) parantaa nukkumalla -
16 strain off
(to remove (liquid) from eg vegetables by using a sieve etc: When the potatoes were cooked, she strained off the water.) siivilöidä -
17 time off
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18 drain
• oja• ojittaa• painostaa• riuduttaatechnology• nielu (tek.)• nielu• näännyttää• nielu (elekt.)• nielu(tekniikka)• imeä• johtaa• juoksuttaa• tyhjennysaukko• tyhjennys• tyhjentää• viemäri• virrankulutus• dreeni• ammentaa tyhjiin• valua• vuoto• vuoto(tekniikka)technology• vuoto (tek.)• rasitus• salaoja• salaojittaa• kuluttaa loppuun• kuivua• kulaus• kuivattaa• kuivattaa (pelto)• laskuputki• laskuojaforest and paper industry• poistuma• poistoputkielectricity• kollektori* * *drein 1. verb1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) kuivattaa2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) valua pois3) (to pour off the water etc from or allow the water etc to run off from: Would you drain the vegetables?; He drained the petrol tank; The blood drained from her face.) valuttaa, valua4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) tyhjentää5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) imeä tyhjiin2. noun1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) viemäri2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) rasitus•- drainage- draining-board
- drainpipe
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19 siphon
• juoksuttaa• sifonipullo• sifoniphysics• lappo* * *1. noun1) (a bent pipe or tube through which liquid can be drawn off from one container to another at a lower level: He used a siphon to get some petrol out of the car's tank.) kumiletku2) ((also soda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water.) sifoni2. verb((with off, into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon: They siphoned the petrol into a can.) laskea -
20 hunk
• paksu pala• viipale• kokkare• köntti* * *(a lump of something broken or cut off from a larger piece: a hunk of cheese/bread.) kimpale
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