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121 a long way off
1) далеко (отсюда или оттуда); см. тж. a little wayThey beat and ill-use me, Dick; and I am going to seek my fortune, some long way off. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Oliver Twist’, ch. VII) — Меня бьют и обижают, Дик, и я решил искать счастья где-нибудь подальше отсюда.
There were many things I knew I should attend to personally, but somehow, everything seemed a long way off and very unimportant. (H. Robbins, ‘The Carpetbaggers’, ‘Jonas-1940’) — Я знал, было много дел, которыми мне самому надо было заняться, но все казалось мне таким далеким и несущественным.
‘How are you?’ ‘Not so good,’ replied Luke from a long way off. (C. P. Snow, ‘The New Men’, ch. 22) — - Как вы себя чувствуете? - Не очень хорошо, - ответил Лук. Его голос доносился как бы издалека.
2) ещё не скоро, много времени пройдёт‘I know a place of the Riviera where we could live a whole year on less that two thousand dollars.’ ‘That's still a long way off,’ he said. (H. Robbins, ‘The Carpetbaggers’, ‘Rina Marlowe’) — - Я знаю место на Ривьере, где можно прожить год и потратить меньше двух тысяч долларов. - Но мы не скоро можем позволить это себе, - ответил отец.
3) далеко не, совсем неYour work is still a long way off perfection. (ALD) — Ваша работа далека от совершенства.
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122 walk off
walk off а) уходить; We said goodbye; then he turned and walked off withoutanother word. б) уводить; в) coll. унести, украсть (with); Someone got in andwalked off with the jewels while we were out. г) одержать легкую победу(with); Jim walks off with the top prize every year, it hardly seems fair tothe others. -
123 a year or two off sixty
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124 fall off
N1. गिरावटThere has been a slight fall off in the sale of Bata footwear.--------PhrV1. से\fall offगिरनाHe fell off a tree and broke his hand.2. कम\fall offहो\fall offजानाThe crime rate has fallen off in the last year. -
125 write off
to cancel, to annul, to disregard something/someone as useless or unnecessary списать что-то/кого-то как бесполезное, ненужноеThey wrote off his debt as unpayable. The old equipment was written off last year. They wrote him off as a loser.
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126 fall off
фраз. гл.1) уменьшаться, ослабеватьStudent numbers have been falling off recently. — Наплыв студентов спал в последнее время.
2) ухудшатьсяThe quality of performance has fallen off since last year. — Качество исполнения по сравнению с прошлым годом ухудшилось.
3) мор. не слушаться руля ( о корабле)The leading boat fell off when the wind grew too strong. — Ветер стал слишком сильным, и головной корабль вышел из повиновения.
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127 snow off
отменять( какое-л. событие из-за снегопада, обильно выпавшего снега) The opening game of the year was snowed off. ≈ Первая игра сезона была отменена из-за обильного снегопада. (разговорное) отменять - several items in the programme were snowed off несколько пунктов повестки дня были снятыБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > snow off
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128 tail off
1) пуститься наутек
2) истощаться, подходить к концу Your work has been tailing off this year. ≈ В этом году твоя работа подходит к концу.
3) исчезать, замолкать;
убывать( разговорное) поджать хвост;
дать тягу, деру, стрекача, ходу;
пуститься наутек( разговорное) истощаться, подходить к концу - South Africa's is beginning to * месторождения золота в Южной Африке истощаются - the lasr three chapters * disappointingly( образное) последние три главы разочаровывающе бедны содержанием исчезать, утихать, замолкать, замирать;
убывать - the protests tailed off протестующие крики становились все глуше, пока совсем не замолклиБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > tail off
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