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21 off guard
(unprepared: He hit me while I was off guard; to catch someone off guard.) alla sprovvista -
22 off-peak
[ˌɒf'piːk] [AE ˌɔːf-] 1.2.in the off-peak period — (of day) fuori dall'orario di punta
* * *[ˌɒf'piːk] [AE ˌɔːf-] 1.2.in the off-peak period — (of day) fuori dall'orario di punta
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23 off-putting
['ɒfˌpʊtɪŋ] [AE 'ɔːf-]* * *['ɒfˌpʊtɪŋ] [AE 'ɔːf-] -
24 off-the-peg
[ˌɒfðə'peg] [AE ˌɔːf-]off-the-rack [ˌɒfðə'ræk] [AE ˌɔːf-] aggettivo [ garment] (pre)confezionato* * *[ˌɒfðə'peg] [AE ˌɔːf-]off-the-rack [ˌɒfðə'ræk] [AE ˌɔːf-] aggettivo [ garment] (pre)confezionato -
25 off-chance n
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26 off-color Am [ˌɒf'kʌlə(r)] adj
1) (Brit: ill) malato (-a), indisposto (-a)2) (joke, remark) spinto (-a), osé inv -
27 off-guard adj
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28 off-piste
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29 off-street adj
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30 off-the-peg ['ɒfðə'pɛɡ]
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31 off-the-rack Am ['ɒfðə'ræk]
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32 off balance
(not steady: He hit me while I was off balance.) sbilanciato -
33 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) (non più a carico) -
34 off one's head
(mad: You must be off your head to work for nothing.) pazzo -
35 off one's own bat
(completely by oneself (without help): He wrote the letter to the newspaper off his own bat.) con le proprie forze, per proprio conto -
36 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.) (fuori dai guai) -
37 off the record
((of information, statements etc) not intended to be repeated or made public: The Prime Minister admitted off the record that the country was going through a serious crisis.) confidenzialmente, ufficiosamente -
38 off-white
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39 off-center Am [ˌɒf'sɛntə(r)] adj
storto (-a), fuori centroEnglish-Italian dictionary > off-center Am [ˌɒf'sɛntə(r)] adj
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40 off-duty adj
[ˌɒf'djuːtɪ](policeman) non in servizio
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