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1 off
(to register or record time of arriving at or leaving work.) bater o ponto* * *[ɔf] adj 1 desligado. 2 desocupado, livre. we are taking the day off / fazemos feriado hoje, não trabalhamos. 3 mais distante, mais remoto. 4 lateral. 5 não muito bom, estragado. 6 possível mas não provável. 7 rumo ao mar. 8 cancelado. • adv 1 embora. he saw her off / ele acompanhou-a, conduziu-a (para casa, à estação, etc.). 2 distante (tempo). it is still a long way off / ainda há muito tempo até lá. Easter is four weeks off / daqui a quatro semanas teremos Páscoa. 3 livre. 4 inteiramente. 5 fora, ausente. 6 longe, afastado, remoto. 7 ao largo. 8 afastado do vento. • prep 1 fora. 2 fora de. 3 distante. 4 ao lado de. • interj vá embora! saia! fora! an off chance uma possibilidade remota. an off street rua lateral secundária. be off with you some-te, vai-te embora. far off a grande distância. hands off tire as mãos. he feels off ele não se sente bem. help him off with his coat ajude-o a tirar a capa, o casaco. how well off are you for money? como você está de dinheiro? I’m off wine at the moment não estou bebendo vinho no momento. off and on de vez em quando, intermitentemente. off ( from) the road afastado do caminho, distante da estrada. off Plymouth Naut na altura de Plymouth. off-the-cuff coll improvisado, espontâneo. off the record extra-oficialmente, confidencialmente. off the wall Amer sl a) incomum, extraordinário, chocante. b) louco, excêntrico. off with their heads! arranquem-lhes as cabeças. she is off with him ela não quer ter mais relações com ele. the milk has gone off o leite se estragou. the off side o lado direito do caminho. to be off partir, ir embora. to be off forth estar a caminho, partir. to be off key cantar erradamente ou mal. to be off one’s head estar tonto. to feel off sentir-se mal. to turn off fechar (a torneira), desligar (a luz). well or badly off a) em boas ou más circunstâncias. b) endinheirado ou sem dinheiro, pobre. you are way off você errou por muito. you can get ten percent off você pode conseguir dez por cento de desconto. -
2 off the rails
off the railsa) desorganizado, desarranjado. b) louco, demente. c) degenerado (moralmente). to get, go/run off the rails a) descarrilhar. b) fig rebelar-se. -
3 off-peak
off-peak[ɔf p'i:k] adj de baixa demanda, menos movimentado. I often get an off-peak train eu sempre pego um trem menos movimentado. -
4 off (from) the road
off (from) the roadafastado do caminho, distante da estrada. -
5 off Plymouth
off PlymouthNaut na altura de Plymouth. -
6 off and on
off and onde vez em quando, intermitentemente. -
7 off base
off base[ɔf b'eis] adj fora dos limites da base militar. -
8 off colour
off colourcoll exausto, esgotado, indisposto. -
9 off hand
off handa) de vez em quando. b) de improviso. -
10 off his chump
off his chumpmaluco, doido. -
11 off his nut
off his nutlouco, embriagado. -
12 off his own bat
off his own batpor si, sem auxílio. -
13 off licence
off li.cence['ɔf laisəns] n Brit loja que vende bebidas alcoólicas. -
14 off limits
off limitsproibida a entrada. -
15 off line
off linedesligado, desconectado. -
16 off one’s feed
off one’s feedsem apetite. -
17 off one’s game
off one’s gamejogar mal. -
18 off one’s trolley
off one’s trolleysl destrambelhado, adoidado. -
19 off shore
off shorepróximo à costa. -
20 off the air
off the airRadio fora do ar.
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Off — ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Off — Off, prep. Not on; away from; as, to be off one s legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore. Addison. [1913 Webster] {Off hand}. See {Offhand}. {Off side} (Football), out of play; said when a player has got in front of the ball in a scrimmage … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Off — Off, n. (Cricket) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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off of — preposition Date: 1567 off Usage: The of is often criticized as superfluous, a comment that is irrelevant because off of is an idiom. It is much more common in speech than in edited writing and is more common in American English than in British … New Collegiate Dictionary
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