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1 sweep (someone) off his feet
(to affect (a person) with strong emotion or enthusiasm.) συναρπάζω -
2 sweep (someone) off his feet
(to affect (a person) with strong emotion or enthusiasm.) συναρπάζω -
3 off one's own bat
(completely by oneself (without help): He wrote the letter to the newspaper off his own bat.) με ατομική πρωτοβουλία -
4 take off
1) (to remove (clothes etc): He took off his coat.) βγάζω2) ((of an aircraft) to leave the ground: The plane took off for Rome (noun take-off).) απογειώνομαι/ απογείωση3) (not to work during (a period of time): I'm taking tomorrow morning off.) κάθομαι4) (to imitate someone (often unkindly): He used to take off his teacher to make his friends laugh (noun take-off).) μιμούμαι (για πλάκα)/ μίμηση -
5 throw off
1) (to get rid of: She finally managed to throw off her cold; They were following us but we threw them off.) ξεφορτώνομαι2) (to take off very quickly: He threw off his coat and sat down.) πετώ από πάνω μου -
6 show off
1) (to show or display for admiration: He showed off his new car by taking it to work.) επιδεικνύω2) (to try to impress others with one's possessions, ability etc: She is just showing off - she wants everyone to know how well she speaks French (noun show-off a person who does this).) κάνω επίδειξη,κάνω φιγούρα/φιγουρατζής -
7 round off
1) (to make something smooth etc: He rounded off the sharp corners with a file.) στρογγυλεύω2) (to complete successfully: He rounded off his career by becoming president.) ολοκληρώνω -
8 work off
(to get rid of (something unwanted or unpleasant) by taking physical exercise etc: He worked off his anger by running round the garden six times.) δίνω αδιέξοδο -
9 go off
1) ((of a bomb etc) to explode: The little boy was injured when the firework went off in his hand.) εκρήγνυμαι, σκάω2) ((of an alarm) to ring: When the alarm went off the thieves ran away.) αρχίζω να χτυπώ3) (to leave: He went off yesterday.) φεύγω4) (to begin to dislike: I've gone off cigarettes.) χάνω το ενδιαφέρον μου για5) (to become rotten: That meat has gone off.) σαπίζω6) (to stop working: The fan has gone off.) χαλώ -
10 put off
1) (to switch off (a light etc): Please put the light off!) σβήνω2) (to delay; to postpone: He put off leaving / his departure till Thursday.) αναβάλλω3) (to cancel an arranged meeting etc with (a person): I had to put the Browns off because I had 'flu.) ακυρώνω4) (to cause (a person) to feel disgust or dislike (for): The cheese looked nice but the smell put me off; The conversation about illness put me off my dinner.) απωθώ,κόβω τη όρεξη -
11 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.) βγάζω(ρούχα κλπ.),γδύνομαι -
12 finish off
1) (to complete: She finished off the job yesterday.) ολοκληρώνω,αποτελειώνω2) (to use, eat etc the last of: We've finished off the cake.) αποτελειώνω3) (to kill (a person): His last illness nearly finished him off.) ξεκάνω -
13 set off
1) ((sometimes with on) to start a journey: We set off to go to the beach.) ξεκινώ2) (to cause to start doing something: She had almost stopped crying, but his harsh words set her off again.) κάνω να ξαναρχίσει3) (to explode or ignite: You should let your father set off all the fireworks.) ανάβω -
14 play off against
(to set (one person) against (another) in order to gain an advantage: He played his father off against his mother to get more pocket money.) υποκινώ ανταγωνισμό -
15 tail off
1) (to become fewer, smaller or weaker (at the end): His interest tailed off towards the end of the film.) μειώνομαι, ξεθυμαίνω2) ((also tail away) (of voices etc) to become quieter or silent: His voice tailed away into silence.) σβήνω -
16 browned off
1) (bored: I feel really browned off in this wet weather.) μπουχτισμένος2) (annoyed: I'm browned off with his behaviour.) τσαντισμένος -
17 glance off
(to hit and bounce off to one side: The ball glanced off the edge of his bat.) εξοστρακίζομαι -
18 pay off
1) (to pay in full and discharge (workers) because they are no longer needed: Hundreds of steel-workers have been paid off.) εξοφλώ/εξοφλώ και απολύω2) (to have good results: His hard work paid off.) αποδίδω καρπούς -
19 start off
1) (to begin a journey: It's time we started off.) ξεκινώ2) (to cause or allow something to begin, someone to start doing something etc: The money lent to him by his father started him off as a bookseller.) επιτρέπω να ξεκινήσει -
20 touch off
(to make (something) explode: a spark touched off the gunpowder; His remark touched off an argument.) πυροδοτώ
См. также в других словарях:
off his guard — adjective not prepared or vigilant the blow caught him napping caught in an off guard moment found him off his guard • Syn: ↑napping, ↑off guard, ↑off guard, ↑off one s guard, ↑off her guard, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sweep someone off his/her feet — sweep (someone) off his/her feet see ↑sweep, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑foot sweep (someone) off his/her feet : to make (someone) suddenly become very attracted to you in a romantic way She says that he swept her of … Useful english dictionary
sweep off his/her feet — sweep (someone) off his/her feet see ↑sweep, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑foot sweep (someone) off his/her feet : to make (someone) suddenly become very attracted to you in a romantic way She says that he swept her of … Useful english dictionary
No man is ever good for much who has not been carried off his feet by enthusiasm between twenty and … — No man is ever good for much who has not been carried off his feet by enthusiasm between twenty and thirty. См. Молодой ум, что молодая брага … Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
give you the shirt off his back — give you anything he owns to help you, bend over backwards Christian is a compassionate person. He will give you the shirt off his back … English idioms
off his rocker — flipped out, crazy, nuts … English contemporary dictionary
off stride — ◇ If you are walking or running and someone or something (chiefly US) throws/knocks you off (your) stride or (chiefly Brit) puts you off your stride, you are unable to continue walking or running steadily. Another runner bumped into him and… … Useful english dictionary
off your head — Brit informal : crazy or foolish He s not just eccentric–he s completely off his head! He s gone off his head over some girl. • • • Main Entry: ↑head … Useful english dictionary
off one's rocker — or[off one s trolley] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not thinking correctly; crazy; silly; foolish. * /Tom is off his rocker if he thinks he can run faster than Bob can./ * /If you think you can learn to figure skate in one lesson, you re off your… … Dictionary of American idioms
off one's rocker — or[off one s trolley] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not thinking correctly; crazy; silly; foolish. * /Tom is off his rocker if he thinks he can run faster than Bob can./ * /If you think you can learn to figure skate in one lesson, you re off your… … Dictionary of American idioms
off your own bat — british informal phrase doing something because you have decided to do it, not because someone else has suggested it I came here off my own bat, because I wanted to. Thesaurus: without help and acting alonesynonym Main entry: bat * * * off your … Useful english dictionary
