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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.) mimo služby* * *• mimo služby -
2 the off season
the period, at a hotel, holiday resort etc, when there are few visitors: It's very quiet here in the off season; (also adjective) (off-season rates.) mŕtva sezóna, mimosezónny -
3 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.) z kaše -
4 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.) neoficiálne -
5 off and on / on and off
(sometimes; occasionally: I see him off and on at the club.) občas, tu a tam -
6 off-colour
adjective (not feeling well: He was a bit off-colour the morning after the party.) zle sa cítiť* * *• sfarbený• farebný• pikantný• pochybný• nedobré• nesprávne sfarbený• nevyfarbený• nedofarbený -
7 off one's own bat
(completely by oneself (without help): He wrote the letter to the newspaper off his own bat.) samostatne -
8 the
[ðə, ði](The form [ðə] is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union [ðə'ju:njən]; the form [ði] is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour [ði 'onə]) (člen určitý) ten, tá, to1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!)2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.)3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).)4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.)5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.)6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.)•- the...- the...* * *• že• tá• tým, cím• ten• to -
9 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.) mať z krku -
10 off-chance
noun (a slight chance: We waited, on the off-chance (that) he might come.) pre prípad, že -
11 off the bat
• v momente• z voleja• bez prípravy -
12 off-the-shelf
• zo zásuvky -
13 off the beaten track
(away from main roads, centres of population etc.) odľahlý -
14 go off
1) ((of a bomb etc) to explode: The little boy was injured when the firework went off in his hand.) vybuchnúť2) ((of an alarm) to ring: When the alarm went off the thieves ran away.) zaznieť3) (to leave: He went off yesterday.) odísť4) (to begin to dislike: I've gone off cigarettes.) stratiť chuť na5) (to become rotten: That meat has gone off.) skaziť sa6) (to stop working: The fan has gone off.) pokaziť* * *• utíšit sa• vybuchnút• zacat• zaspat• zahájit• zhoršit sa• zomriet• spustit• íst na odbyt• odíst -
15 take off
1) (to remove (clothes etc): He took off his coat.) vyzliecť2) ((of an aircraft) to leave the ground: The plane took off for Rome (noun take-off).) odštartovať3) (not to work during (a period of time): I'm taking tomorrow morning off.) vziať si voľno4) (to imitate someone (often unkindly): He used to take off his teacher to make his friends laugh (noun take-off).) napodobniť* * *• karikatúra• odraz• odber• odštartovanie -
16 keep off
1) (to stay away: There are notices round the bomb warning people to keep off; The rain kept off and we had sunshine for the wedding.) držať sa stranou2) (to prevent from getting to or on to (something): This umbrella isn't pretty, but it keeps off the rain.) chrániť pred* * *• nevstupovat -
17 hold off
1) ((of weather) to stay away: I hope the rain holds off.) nespustiť2) (to keep off; to fight successfully against: The soldiers managed to hold off the enemy.) odraziť -
18 send off
to accompany (a person) to the place, or be at the place, where he will start a journey: A great crowd gathered at the station to send the football team off (noun send-off) odprevadiť* * *• vyprevadit pri odchode• rozoslat• poslat• odprevadit• odoslat -
19 glance off
(to hit and bounce off to one side: The ball glanced off the edge of his bat.) odraziť sa* * *• odskocit• odrazit sa -
20 switch on/off
(to put or turn on/off (an electric current / light etc): He switched on the light; Switch off the electricity before going on holiday.) zapnúť; vypnúť
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