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Topics off topics
What do people use off to talk about?
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What words refer to removing a part of something?
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What words refer to removing a part from the surface of something?
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What words refer to things coming apart?
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What words indicate that something is far from something else?far far away far off afar far afield far and wide a far cry from far apart far removed distant be distant a long distance in the distance some distance a good distance a ways way off a long way (off) a long ways away a fair way quite a ways nowhere near miles (away) yonder wide of clear off all over asunder at arm's length on the horizon the ends of the earth uttermost parts of the earth
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What words refer to staying far from something?
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What words describe a place that is far away from where most people go?
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What words describe someone who feels annoyed?
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What words refer to causing someone to feel annoyed?
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What words refer to something decreasing in number or amount?
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What words refer to decreasing slowly?
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What words refer to reducing pain or a bad feeling?
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What words refer to food decaying?
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What words describe food that is decaying?
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What words describe something that tastes bad?
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What words refer to feeling angry?
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What words refer to becoming angry?
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What words refer to acting in an angry manner?
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What words refer to becoming less angry?
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What words refer to successfully defending yourself or someone?
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What words refer to escaping from someone who is chasing you?
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What words refer to running away from someone?
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What words refer to escaping with something you have stolen?
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What words indicate the distance between two places?
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What general words refer to killing someone?
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What words refer to something such as an accident or disease killing someone?
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What words refer to causing someone to dislike something?
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What words describe someone that people dislike?
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What words refer to stopping liking something?
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What words refer to a fire giving off something?
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What words refer to an area of ground that has been burned?
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What words refer to an airplane moving up?
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What words refer to a rocket lifting off?
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What words describe the direction of the wind?
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What does the wind do?
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What words refer to light reflecting off of something?
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What words refer to stop paying attention?
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What words describe an answer?
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What words refer to a time when you can be away from work or school?
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What words refer to time when you don't have to work?
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What words refer to showing off?
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What words refer to someone who shows off?
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What words refer to taking clothing off?
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What words refer to canceling an event?
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What words refer to when a machine is not working?
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What words refer to stopping a machine?
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What words refer to being rich?
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What words describe someone who is rich?
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What words refer to stealing something?
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What words refer to firing an employee?
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What words refer to being fired from a job?
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What words refer to traveling someplace on foot?
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What words refer to measuring the length of something by counting your steps?
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What words refer to accidentally falling from a high position?
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What words refer to falling off of something?
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What words refer to waiting?
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What words refer to refusing to wait patiently and going ahead of other people instead?
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What words refer to measuring how long something is?
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What words refer to something becoming light?
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What words indicate that something happens sometimes but not regularly?
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What words refer to postponing something?
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What words refer to postponing something because you are lazy?
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What words refer to rain water on the ground?
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What words refer to the production of gas?
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What words refer to water draining out of something?
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What words refer to removing water from something?
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What words refer to watching something continuously?
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What words refer to showing something that you are proud of?
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What words indicate that something looks good with another thing?
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What words refer to something or someone making a sound?
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What words indicate that something smells like another thing or smells a particular way?
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What words refer to a time when someone rests?
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What words refer to being a little sick?
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What words refer to recovering from a disease?
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What words refer to the process of arranging a marriage?
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What words refer to starting to love someone?
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What words describe someone who is not attractive?
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What words refer to dying when you are still young?
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What words refer to ignoring someone?
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What words refer to stopping thinking about something?
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What methods are used for making a decision by chance?
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What words do people use when giving advice?
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What words refer to preventing someone from doing something.
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What words refer to becoming calm?
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What words refer to feeling indifferent?
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What words refer to something becoming uninteresting?
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What words refer to not being worried about something that you were worried about before?
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What words refer to starting to talk about something else instead of what you are supposed to be talking about?
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What words refer to gossiping?
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What words refer to laughing a lot or loudly?
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What words refer to giving a list?
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What words refer to beginning a relationship?
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What words describe how well a person sings?
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What are the parts of a game?
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What words are used of play?
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What words refer to time when you don't have to work?
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What words refer to stopping someone from behaving proudly by criticizing them?
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What words refer to being uncaring?
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What words refer to acting in such a way that someone is led to believe something false?deceive fool take in defraud cheat fleece bilk swindle hustle dupe hoodwink foist upon palm off on outwit outmaneuver finagle slip one over on put something over on con lay a trap for lure beguile delude trick entrap ensnare pull the wool over someone's eyes play a trick on play a practical joke on send on a fool's errand make a fool of mislead
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What words refer to being crazy?
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What words refer to being alone?
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What words refer to accusing someone?
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What words are used of not punishing someone who has been found guilty?
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What words refer to the process of losing a fight?
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What words refer to someone telling another that he has done wrong?
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What words refer to protecting someone from sorcery?
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What words describe something that is taboo?
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What do people do with beds?
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What words refer to biting something?
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What words refer to going to sleep?
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What words refer to an inappropriate rest?
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What words refer to someone moving animals?
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What words refer to begging?
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What words refer to beginning to run?
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What words refer to jumping from one place to another place?
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What words refer to moving more slowly?
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What words refer to turning?
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What words refer to moving away from something?
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What words refer to leaving in a boat?
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What words refer to pulling something with a lot of force so that it comes away from the thing it is connected to?
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What words refer to taking something from somewhere?
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What words refer to blocking the movement of something?
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What words refer to uncovering something?
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What words are used for throwing something away?
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What words refer to untying something?
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What words refer to something hitting and then bouncing?
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What words refer to missing a target?
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What words indicate that something happens or is done one time?
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What words refer to assigning a number to each thing in a series?
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What words refer to increasing very quickly?
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What words refer to having enough of something?
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What words refer to filling something again after it has been emptied?
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What words refer to measuring something?
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What words refer to something becoming flat?
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What words refer to making a light stop working?
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What words describe something that is white in color?
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What words refer to making something hot?
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What words refer to something becoming cold?
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What words refer to being like your mother or father?
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What words are used for the days when a person does not work?
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What words refer to something starting a natural process?
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What words refer to something stopping gradually?
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What words describe something that has been sold for only a short time?
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What words indicate that something or someone is not in a particular place?be absent not be here not be around be out not be in be away missing be off not be at not be there absence be gone not present be away nowhere to be found out of sight truant absent without leave AWOL missing in action not show up make yourself scarce minus someone be lacking lose elsewhere somewhere else
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers
Markers of identificational and explanatory clauses
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What words mark a digression?
Examples off examples
How do I use off in a sentence?
Simple sentences
You piss me off!
You'd better set off at once.
Turn off the television. I can't concentrate.
The paint is peeling off the weather-beaten wall.
It rained heavily, and consequently the baseball game was called off.
He took a week off.
A fork fell off the table.
Let's get off the bus.
He took off his glasses after that.
Do you mind if I turn off the light?
You can take today off.
I shouldn't have logged off.
It caught me off guard; I didn't know what to do.
You are way off the track.
You need not take off your shoes.
I would rather you had a day off.
Your remarks are off the point.
Your second button is coming off.
Your efforts will soon pay off.
You're off in your reckoning.
You had better call off your plan.
Movie subtitles
Going off stealing things Mom, I'm so embarrassed to death because of you.
Take your hand off, get out!
It ran off.
Um. today is my last day off, so I wanted to see what sort of place Area 11 is.
You should have finished them off!
Everyone back off.
Sorry about having you drop me off like this.
Back off.
Even though the cameras are off.
Why can't you cut this off?
Along with Portugal, Spain had been first off the mark, seizing the initiative in the New World.
You're showing off your technology is better than theirs.
But then, in the mid-1 7th century, the wheels came flying off.
In the next episode of civilization, I'll ask why it was that the scientific revolution happened only in the West, and failed to take off even in those parts of the Eastern world that had once been pioneers of mathematics and astronomy.
It'll take your mind off things.
Uncle, reminding you I need tomorrow night off.
With the two of us, man, we could totally pull it off.
It was the three of us that were gonna pull it off.
Let go! - Get your hands off it!
Get off, get off!
I can't believe we pulled it off.
We crossed off parking lot on our bingo card, so I figured I had to look for some new spots.
I'm in. And we get the whole afternoon off.
It's a big fucking setback to lose a member of my crew, so I paid off Patti to hook a patsy from Nick's crew.
I guess your cousin's best friend's older brother's girlfriend's sister ripped us off.
Us? She ripped you off.
I got ripped off.
No, you didn't get ripped off. I got ripped off!
What if she rips me off again? Don't worry about it.
It must be killing him. Now his whole crew is like a chicken with one of its wings cut off.
Now get the fuck off my slide!
Water? Taking off our water supply just makes us thirstier for justice!
The north africans are as pissed off as ever, and so is Frankie's crew.
Off we go!
Off we go.
News and current affairs
Reducing the deficit by cutting funds for education, infrastructure, and research and development is akin to trying to lose weight by cutting off three fingers.
The donors promised to double aid to Africa by 2010, but are still far off track.
We humans are now so aggressively fishing, hunting, logging, and growing crops in all parts of the world that we are literally chasing other species off the planet.
In 1992, when the world's governments first promised to address man-made global warming, they also vowed to head off the human-induced extinction of other species.
Some can migrate, but others (such as polar bears) are likely to be driven to extinction unless we take decisive action to head off climate change.
With EU expansion coming next spring, all Ukrainians fear that a new wall will cut their country off from the Union's easternmost border in Poland.
Although the job of maintaining Ukraine's democracy is primarily one for Ukrainians, the EU can help if it takes practical steps to reassure Ukrainians that they won't be cut off from the rest of Europe.
In principle, an independent and respected advisory council could also force governments to acknowledge the hidden costs of government guarantees and off-balance sheet debts.
Their pressure paid off.
Instead, the EU kept Turkey waiting yet again, putting off formal negotiations that, in any case, may take years to complete.
Only a price reduction would create current-account surpluses and enable the crisis countries to pay off their foreign debts.
The typical business cycle has a natural cushioning mechanism that wards off unexpected blows.
Vigorous V-shaped rebounds have a built-in resilience that allows them to shrug off shocks relatively easily.
Third, the richer nations are better able than less well-off nations to absorb the costs of fixing the problem without causing serious harm to their populations.
Unfortunately, despite past stimulus, growth is still tepid, and it is increasingly difficult to find sensible new spending that can pay off in the short run.
Park, who lost her first bid for the GNP's nomination to Lee in 2007, needs to ensure that no rupture with her erstwhile rival knocks her off the path to victory in 2012.
The opium fields of wealthy landowners are untouched, because local officials are paid off.
Farmers will be weaned off opium over the long term only if they have sustainable livelihoods.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's announcement that he plans to dismantle Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, as well as some settlements in the West Bank, has shocked and caught people off guard both in Israel and around the world.