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1 to fend somebody off from doing something
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2 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.) [] no ķezas -
3 off the beaten track
(away from main roads, centres of population etc.) nomaļus* * *neierasts; mazpazīstams; sānis no iestaigātā ceļa; oriģināli; netradicionāli; par jaunu ceļu -
4 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.) izslēgt; nogriezt2) (to keep away (from); to make separate (from): He shut himself off from the rest of the world.) noslēgties -
5 cut off
1) (to interrupt or break a telephone connection: I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.) pārtraukt (telefona sarunu)2) (to separate: They were cut off from the rest of the army.) nogriezt; atdalīt3) (to stop or prevent delivery of: They've cut off our supplies of coal.) pārtraukt (piegādi) -
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.) turēties atstatu2) (to prevent from getting to or on to (something): This umbrella isn't pretty, but it keeps off the rain.) turēt atstatu; atvairīt -
7 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.) novērst domas no; likt aizmirst -
8 drive off
1) (to leave or go away in a car etc: He got into a van and drove off.) aizbraukt (ar automašīnu)2) (to keep away: to drive off flies.) aizdzīt3) (in golf, to make the first stroke from the tee.) (golfa spēlē) izdarīt pirmo sitienu -
9 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.) novilkt (apģērbu); noņemt (apsēju) -
10 draw off
(to pour out (liquid) from a large container: The barman drew off a pint of beer.) noliet (šķidrumu) -
11 read off
(to read from a dial, instrument etc: The engineer read off the temperatures one by one.) nolasīt (instrumenta rādījumus) -
12 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.) ielenkt; aplenkt; bloķēt -
13 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.) pavadīt (prombraucot) -
14 sleep off
(to recover from (something) by sleeping: She's in bed sleeping off the effects of the party.) izgulēt -
15 strain off
(to remove (liquid) from eg vegetables by using a sieve etc: When the potatoes were cooked, she strained off the water.) nokāst -
16 time off
noun (a period of time away from work or studying.) atvaļinājums; brīvdiena(s) -
17 drain
[drein] 1. verb1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) drenēt, nosusināt2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) notecēt; aizplūst3) (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.) nosusināt; notecināt; tecēt4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) iztukšot5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) izsūkt (spēkus u.tml.)2. noun1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) drena; novadcaurule; noteka2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) (spēku, naudas) tērētājs; izsūcējs•- drainage- draining-board
- drainpipe
- down the drain* * *drena, novadcaurule; kanalizācijas caurule; kanalizācijas sistēma; drenāžas caurulīte; izsīkums; aizplūšana; glāzīte, malks; drenēt, nosusināt; nožāvēt; drenēt; izdzert tukšu, iztukšot; izsūkt -
18 siphon
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.) sifons2) ((also soda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water.) sifons2. verb((with off, into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon: They siphoned the petrol into a can.) pārsūknēt* * *sifons -
19 hunk
(a lump of something broken or cut off from a larger piece: a hunk of cheese/bread.) bieza šķēle; rika* * *bieza šķēle -
20 leap-frog
noun (a game in which one person vaults over another's bent back, pushing off from his hands.) kukuriņi* * *kukuriņi
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