Off

Question 1

• to break off (fiançailles; relation; marché)

- upset (équilibre)

Answer 1

rompre

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Question 2

• the river has burst its banks

- to break one’s chains

Answer 2

• Le fleuve a rompu ses digues

- rompre ses chaînes

Question 3

to call something off

Answer 3

annuler

Question 4

to come off (succeed)

Answer 4

bien se passer

Question 5

to cut off (téléphone)

Answer 5

couper

Question 6

to fall off (reduce)

Answer 6

diminuer

Question 7

to go off

Answer 7

partir / exploser

Question 8

to lay somebody off

Answer 8

licencier quelqu’un

Question 9

to put off something / doing something

Answer 9

remettre quelque chose à plus tard

• la réunion à été renvoyée / remise à demain

Question 10

to put somebody off

Answer 10

dissuader quelqu’un

Question 11

the noise put her off during her service

Answer 11

le bruit l’a gênée / dérangée pendant son service

Question 12

it put me off skiing for good

Answer 12

ça m’a définitivement dégoûté du ski

Question 13

to see somebody off

Answer 13

accompagner quelqu’un qui part

Question 14

to set something off

Answer 14

• mettre quelque chose en valeur

- souligner

Question 15

to shake off (cold, habit, pursuer)

Answer 15

se débarrasser de qqch

Question 16

to show off

Answer 16

frimer

Question 17

to take off (avion)

to remove/ unstick/ unglue

Answer 17

décoller

Question 18

to tell somebody off

Answer 18

gronder quelqu’un

Question 19

to turn off

Answer 19

éteindre / fermer / couper (cut off at mains) / fermer (tap)

• fail to interest - rebuter
• ses manières me rebutent - I find his manners quite shocking
• sexually - couper l’envie à
• we turned off at junction 5 : nous avons pris la sortie d’autoroute 5