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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.) din necaz -
2 off the beaten track
(away from main roads, centres of population etc.) pe cărări nebătute -
3 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.) a închide, a întrerupe2) (to keep away (from); to make separate (from): He shut himself off from the rest of the world.) a se rupe (de) -
4 cut off
1) (to interrupt or break a telephone connection: I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.) a (se) întrerupe2) (to separate: They were cut off from the rest of the army.) a separa3) (to stop or prevent delivery of: They've cut off our supplies of coal.) a tăia; a opri brusc -
5 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.) a se ţine departe de2) (to prevent from getting to or on to (something): This umbrella isn't pretty, but it keeps off the rain.) a proteja (de) -
6 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.) a distrage -
7 drive off
1) (to leave or go away in a car etc: He got into a van and drove off.) a pleca (cu maşina)2) (to keep away: to drive off flies.) a alunga3) (in golf, to make the first stroke from the tee.) a lovi pentru prima dată -
8 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.) a scoate -
9 read off
(to read from a dial, instrument etc: The engineer read off the temperatures one by one.) a citi -
10 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.) a interzice accesul -
11 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.) a conduce -
12 sleep off
(to recover from (something) by sleeping: She's in bed sleeping off the effects of the party.) a dormi până îşi revine din beţie etc. -
13 strain off
(to remove (liquid) from eg vegetables by using a sieve etc: When the potatoes were cooked, she strained off the water.) a scurge -
14 time off
noun (a period of time away from work or studying.) concediu -
15 drain
[drein] 1. verb1) (to clear (land) of water by the use of ditches and pipes: There are plans to drain the marsh.) a drena, a seca2) ((of water) to run away: The water drained away/off into the ditch.) a se scurge3) (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.) a drena; a (se) scurge; a (se) zvânta4) (to drink everything contained in: He drained his glass.) a goli5) (to use up completely (the money, strength etc of): The effort drained all his energy.) a epuiza2. noun1) (something (a ditch, trench, waterpipe etc) designed to carry away water: The heavy rain has caused several drains to overflow.) canal/ţeavă de scurgere2) (something which slowly exhausts a supply, especially of one's money or strength: His car is a constant drain on his money.) risipă, cheltuială•- drainage- draining-board
- drainpipe
- down the drain -
16 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.) sifon2) ((also soda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water.) sifon2. verb((with off, into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon: They siphoned the petrol into a can.) a sifona -
17 hunk
(a lump of something broken or cut off from a larger piece: a hunk of cheese/bread.) bucată -
18 leap-frog
noun (a game in which one person vaults over another's bent back, pushing off from his hands.) -
19 sick-leave
noun (time taken off from work etc because of sickness: He has been on sick-leave for the last three days.) -
20 by heart
(from memory; by memorizing: The children know their multiplication tables by heart; Actors must learn their speeches (off) by heart.) pe de rost
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