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121 knock off
1. vi ( inf)kończyć (skończyć perf) (pracę)2. vt( from price) spuszczać (spuścić perf); ( inf) ( steal) podprowadzać (podprowadzić perf) (inf); ( murder) sprzątnąć ( perf) (inf)knock it off! ( inf) — przestań!
* * *(to stop working: I knocked off at six o'clock after studying for four hours; What time do you knock off in this factory?) skończyć pracę -
122 run off
настрочить; оттарабанитьAfter years of practice, he could run off a sermon in a couple of hours.
I can run off the article that you want in a few days.
He ran off the poem like a machine-gun, showing no understanding or sensitivity.
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123 book off
1) преим. амер. отметить табель при уходе с работы When I was working on the railway, I had to book off after eight hours' work. ≈ Когда я работал на железной дороге, мне приходилось отмечать свою карточку, отработав восемь часов.
2) амер. объявить о намерении не работать в определенный день( особ. из-за разногласий с администрацией) 300 men have booked off sick at the car factory where there is still trouble with the unions. ≈ 300 человек сказались больными на автозаводе, где до сих пор конфликтуют профсоюзы и администрация. (американизм) отметить табель при уходе с работы (американизм) (разговорное) объявить о намерении не работать в определенный день (особ из-за разногласий с администрацией - to * sick сказаться больнымБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > book off
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124 cook off
1) остужать
2) успокаивать(ся) She didn't cool off for hours after that argument. ≈ Она успокоилась только после нескольких часов после разговора. I tried to cool her off but she was still very angry when she left. ≈ Я попытался успокоить ее, но она все еще сердилась, когда уходила.
3) остывать к кому-л., чему-л.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > cook off
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125 wear off
1) стирать(ся)
2) смягчаться;
проходить the effect of the medicine will wear off in a few hours ≈ лекарство перестанет действовать через несколько часов стирать;
уничтожать - to * the stiffness of one's shoes разносить ботинки - to * an impression сгладить впечатление стираться - the nap soon wore off ворс скоро истерся смягчаться, проходить (о горе и т. п.) ;
изглаживаться - the impression will soon * впечатление скоро сгладится - the strangeness will * in time скоро это перестанет казаться страннымБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > wear off
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126 log off
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128 bite someone's head off
1) Общая лексика: критиковать строг (If you bite someone's head off, you criticize them strongly(and perhaps unfairly). I worked 10 hours a day all week and my boss bit my head off for not doing my share of the work!)2) Разговорное выражение: наброситься на кого-либо (в разговоре)3) Идиоматическое выражение: хамить, огрызаться (to speak to, or answer somebody rudely and angrily)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > bite someone's head off
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