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1 off duty
not actually working and not liable to be asked to do so: The doctor's off duty this weekend; (also adjective) (She spends her off-duty hours at home.) po służbie, wolny (od służby) -
2 finish off
vt* * *1) (to complete: She finished off the job yesterday.) ukończyć2) (to use, eat etc the last of: We've finished off the cake.) zużyć3) (to kill (a person): His last illness nearly finished him off.) wykończyć -
3 break off
1. vi 2. vttalks, engagement zrywać (zerwać perf)* * *(to stop: She broke off in the middle of a sentence.) zatrzymać się -
4 carry off
(to take away by carrying: She carried off the screaming child.) zabierać -
5 curtain off
(to separate or enclose with a curtain: She curtained off the alcove.) oddzielać zasłoną -
6 polish off
vt* * *(to finish: She polished off the last of the ice-cream.) wykańczać -
7 shrug off
vtbagatelizować (zbagatelizować perf), nic sobie nie robić z +gen* * *(to dismiss, get rid of or treat as unimportant: She shrugged off all criticism.) odrzucać -
8 strain off
(to remove (liquid) from eg vegetables by using a sieve etc: When the potatoes were cooked, she strained off the water.) odcedzać -
9 show off
1. vi ( pej) 2. vtpopisywać się +instr* * *1) (to show or display for admiration: He showed off his new car by taking it to work.) popisywać się2) (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).) popisywać się -
10 go off
1. viperson wychodzić (wyjść perf); food psuć się (zepsuć się perf); bomb eksplodować (eksplodować perf); gun wypalić ( perf); event przebiegać (przebiec perf), iść (pójść perf) (inf); lights etc gasnąć (zgasnąć perf)2. vt fus ( inf)* * *1) ((of a bomb etc) to explode: The little boy was injured when the firework went off in his hand.) wybuchnąć2) ((of an alarm) to ring: When the alarm went off the thieves ran away.) włączyć się3) (to leave: He went off yesterday.) wyruszyć4) (to begin to dislike: I've gone off cigarettes.) rzucić5) (to become rotten: That meat has gone off.) zepsuć się6) (to stop working: The fan has gone off.) stanąć -
11 better off
adjyou can pay the money back when you are better off — możesz zwrócić pieniądze, gdy będziesz w lepszej sytuacji finansowej
she'll be better off in hospital/without him — lepiej jej będzie w szpitalu/bez niego
* * *(richer; happier in some way: He'd be better off working as a miner; You'd be better off without him.) w lepszej sytuacji -
12 throw off
vt* * *1) (to get rid of: She finally managed to throw off her cold; They were following us but we threw them off.) pozbywać się2) (to take off very quickly: He threw off his coat and sat down.) zrzucać -
13 set off
1. vi 2. vtbomb detonować (zdetonować perf); alarm uruchamiać (uruchomić perf); chain of events wywoływać (wywołać perf); jewels uwydatniać (uwydatnić perf); tan, complexion podkreślać (podkreślić perf)* * *1) ((sometimes with on) to start a journey: We set off to go to the beach.) wyruszać2) (to cause to start doing something: She had almost stopped crying, but his harsh words set her off again.) pobudzać3) (to explode or ignite: You should let your father set off all the fireworks.) wypuszczać, detonować -
14 fight off
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15 go off at a tangent
(to go off suddenly in another direction or on a different line of thought, action etc: It is difficult to have a sensible conversation with her, as she keeps going off at a tangent.) nagle zmieniać temat/kierunek itd. -
16 leave off
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17 cast-off
['kɑːstɔf]n* * *noun, adjective ((a piece of clothing etc) no longer needed: cast-off clothes; I don't want my sister's cast-offs.) znoszona odzież, znoszony -
18 dry off
(to make or become completely dry: She climbed out of the swimming-pool and dried off in the sun.) wysuszyć -
19 nod off
viprzysypiać (przysnąć perf) (inf)* * *(to fall asleep: He nodded off while she was speaking to him.) przysnąć -
20 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) skierować na inny tropEnglish-Polish dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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