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| back away vi phrasal | (retreat) | weggehen Vi, sepa |
| | | sich zurückziehen Vr, sepa |
| | | den Rückzug antreten Rdw |
| | Back away from the cookies and no one gets hurt. |
| | He nodded vaguely, continuing to dodge and back away. |
| bang away vi phrasal | informal (do [sth] persistently) | immer weiter machen Rdw |
| | | hart arbeiten Adj + Vi |
| Anmerkung: Usually followed by 'at sth' or 'on sth'. |
| | I've been banging away at this job for days, and I don't seem to be getting anywhere! |
| bear [sth] away vtr phrasal insep | (carry off after winning) | davontragen, wegtragen Vt, sepa |
| | | forttragen Vt, sepa |
| | | mitnehmen Vt, sepa |
| | The winning team bore away the trophy. |
| bear away vi phrasal | (nautical: change course) | abfallen Vi, sepa |
| beaver away vi phrasal | informal, UK (work diligently) | in [etw] vertieft sein VP |
| | | eifrig an [etw] arbeiten VP |
| | | eifrig bei [etw] dabei sein |
| | Some days, Simon beavers away in his office from 9 am to 6 pm without a break. |
| blast [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | (remove forcefully) | wegsprengen Vt, sepa |
| | | sprengen Vt |
| | They will blast away the rocks with dynamite. |
| blast away vi phrasal | US, informal (shoot repeatedly) | wegschießen Vt, sepa |
| | | Dauerbeschuss Nm |
blow [sb] away,
blow away [sb] vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (impress greatly) | jemanden umhauen Vt, sepa |
| | | jemanden vom Hocker hauen Rdw |
| | The candidate blew her interviewer away. |
| | Die Kandidatin haute ihren Interviewer um. |
blow [sb] away,
blow away [sb] vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (kill by shooting) (übertragen) | jemanden wegpusten Vt, sepa |
| | (informell) | jemanden umnieten Vt, sepa |
| | The gunman blew away his victim from close range. |
| | Der Bewaffnete pustete sein Opfer aus nächster Entfernung weg. |
blow [sb] away,
blow away [sb] vtr phrasal sep | slang, figurative (thoroughly defeat) (Slang) | jemanden fertigmachen Vt, sepa |
| | | jemanden haushoch schlagen Adj + Vt |
| | The first time he ran, he blew away the competition and came home with a gold medal. |
| | Das erste Mal, als er lief, machte er die Konkurrenz fertig und kam mit einer Goldmedallie nach Hause. |
| break away vi phrasal | (become separate) | trennen Vr |
| | | getrennte Wege gehen Rdw |
| Anmerkung: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun |
| | Two of the members of the band broke away to form a band of their own. |
| | Zwei der Bandmitglieder trennten sich, um eine eigene Band zu gründen. |
| break away from [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative (separate: from group) | sich von jmdm entfernen Präp+ Vr |
| | | sich von jmdm trennen Präp + Vr |
| | Several members broke away from the party to form their own extremist group. |
| | Mehrere Mitglieder der Partei haben sich getrennt, um ihre eigene extremistische Gruppe zu gründen. |
| break away from [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (detach, fall off) | von [etw] abbrechen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | | sich von etwas loslösen Präp + Vr, sepa |
| | When Sue went to take her cakes out of the oven, the handle broke away from the door. |
| | Als Sue den Kuchen aus dem Ofen nehmen wollte, brach der Griff von der Ofentür ab. |
brush [sth] aside,
brush aside [sth],
brush [sth] away,
brush away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (dismiss, not consider) | verdrängen Vt |
| | (gehoben) | ad acta legen Rdw |
| | The Prime Minister brushed aside any suggestion that the government had failed to deal with the problem. |
| burn away vi phrasal | (be destroyed by fire) | abbrennen Vi, sepa |
| burn away vi phrasal | (stay alight) | brennen Vi |
| | (ugs) | vor sich hinbrennen Präp + Vi, sepa |
burn [sth] away,
burn away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (destroy by fire) | abbrennen Vt, sepa |
| | (ugs) | abfackeln Vt, sepa |
call [sb] away,
call away [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (summon [sb]) | jemanden rufen Vt |
| | | jemanden zu etwas rufen Rdw |
| | The doctor was suddenly called away, so he is not in the office today. |
| carry [sth/sb] away vtr phrasal sep | (tide, river: sweep off) | mitreißen Vt, sepa |
| | The boy dropped a stick in the river and the current carried it away. |
| | Dem Jungen fiel ein Stock in den Fluss und der Strom riss ihn mit sich. |
cast [sth] away,
cast away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (discard) | verwerfen Vt |
| | | wegwerfen Vt, sepa |
| cast [sb] away vtr phrasal sep | usually passive (shipwreck) | Schiffbruch erleiden Nm + Vt |
| chip away at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (hack pieces off) | etwas weghacken Vt, sepa |
| | | etwas entfernen Vt |
| | | etwas abhacken Vt, sepa |
| | Michelangelo created statues by chipping away at marble with a chisel and hammer. |
| chip away at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (decrease gradually) (übertragen) | an etwas nagen Präp + Vi |
| | | an etwas zehren Präp + Vi |
| | The bullying he was subjected to throughout his childhood chipped away at his self-confidence. |
chuck [sth] away,
chuck away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | informal (discard [sth], throw away) (informell) | wegschmeißen Vt, sepa |
| | | wegwerfen Vt, sepa |
| | Don't chuck away your old textbooks; you can sell them online. |
| clear [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | (put away neatly) | abräumen Vt, sepa |
| | | wegräumen Vt, sepa |
| | After the meal, Fiona began clearing away the plates. |
| come away vi phrasal | (step back, leave) (Slang) | verziehen Vr, fix |
| | | weggehen Vi, sepa |
| | | zurückziehen Vr, sepa |
| | I had to come away or I would have ended up swearing at them. |
| | Ich musste mich verziehen, sonst hätte ich sie am Ende noch beschimpft. |
| creep away vi phrasal | (leave stealthily) | davonstehlen, davonschleichen Vr, sepa |
| cut away vi phrasal | (TV, film: change shot) (ugs) | rausschneiden Vt, sepa |
| | | schneiden Vt |
| | From a shot of the letter in the woman's hands, the camera cuts away to her reaction. |
| die away vi phrasal | (fade, diminish) (informell) | wegsterben Vi, sepa |
| | | sterben Vi |
| | | aussterben Vi, sepa |
| | It was five full minutes before the applause died away. |
| do away with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | slang (eliminate, get rid of) | etwas sein lassen Vt + Hv |
| | | etwas abschaffen Vt, sepa |
| | | etwas aufheben Vt, sepa |
| | To improve the overall quality of our milk, we wanted to do away with the use of antibiotics on our cows. |
| | Um die allgemeine Qualität unserer Milch zu verbessern wollten wir die Verwendung von Antibiotika an unseren Kühen sein lassen. |
| do away with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | slang (kill, murder) | jemanden beseitigen Vt |
| | | jemanden loswerden Vt, sepa |
| | | jemanden umbringen Vt, sepa |
| | He was a liability to our gang, and we knew sooner or later we would have to do away with him. |
| | Er war eine Belastung für unsere Gang und wir wussten, dass wir ihn früher oder später beseitigen mussten. |
| drain away vi phrasal | figurative (be gradually lost) | schwinden Vi |
| | | abflauen Vt, sepa |
| | Her strength drained away as she neared the mountain's summit. |
| draw away vi phrasal | (retreat, move back) | zurückziehen Vr, sepa |
| | | zurückweichen Vi, sepa |
| | | weggehen Vi, sepa |
| drift away vi phrasal | (be carried away, float off) | davontreiben Vi, sepa |
| | | wegtreiben Vi, sepa |
| | He fell asleep on the lilo and slowly drifted away from the beach. |
| | Er schlief auf der Luftmatratze ein und trieb langsam vom Strand davon. |
| drift away vi phrasal | figurative (lose contact, become estranged) | entfremden Vr |
| | | auseinanderleben Vr, sepa |
| | Sometimes husbands and wives just drift away from each other and end up getting divorced. |
| | Manchmal entfremden sich Ehemänner und Ehefrauen einfach voneinander und lassen sich am ende scheiden. |
| drive away vi phrasal | (depart in a vehicle) | wegfahren Vi, sepa |
| | She wiped a tear from her eye as he drove away. |
| | Sie wischte sich eine Träne aus den Augen als er wegfuhr. |
| drop away vi phrasal | (fall off, slope steeply) | abfallen Vi, sepa |
| | | langsam steiler werden VP |
| | The edge of the cliff dropped away. |
| drop away vi phrasal | figurative (disappear) | weg sein Adj + Vi |
| | | verschwinden Vi |
| | Since Paolo started to get sick, all his friends seem to have dropped away. |
eat [sth] away,
eat away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (gnaw at, erode) | etwas abtragen Vt, sepa |
| | (informell) | etwas wegfressen Vt, sepa |
| | (informell) | etwas wegnagen Vt, sepa |
| | (Fachbegriff) | etwas erodieren Vt |
| | The chalk cliffs are being eaten away slowly by the action of the sea. |
| eat away at [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal, figurative (worry) | an jemandem nagen Präp + Vi |
| | | jemanden auffressen Vt, sepa |
| | Raskolnikov's crime ate away at his peace of mind and, ultimately, his soul. |
| eat away at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (erode) (Geologie) | abtragen Vt, sepa |
| | The river eats away at the sand banks every time there's a flood. |
| edge away from [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | (distance yourself) | Abstand nehmen Nm + Vt |
| | | entfernen Vr |
| | I tried to edge away from the drunk man on the bus. |
| explain [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | (account for) | etwas erklären Vt |
| fade away vi phrasal | (grow fainter or less distinct) | verblassen Vi, fix |
| | | blasser werden Adj + Vi |
| | | Farbe verlieren Nf + Vt |
| | | schwächer werden Adj + Vi |
| | From here, it looks like the mountains fade away into the distance. |
| | The further we walked from the disco, the more the music faded away. |
| | Von hier sieht es so aus, als würden die Berge in der Ferne verblassen. |
| | Je weiter wir die Disco hinter uns ließen, desto schwächer wurde die Musik. |
| fall away vi phrasal | (diminish) | zurückgehen, abnehmen Vi, sepa |
| | Attendance at the church fell away as more and more people moved to the suburbs. |
| fall away vi phrasal | figurative (worries, etc.: disappear) (Sorgen, Kummer) | von jemandem abfallen Präp + Vi, sepa |
| | Eventually her emotional burdens simply fell away, and she was her old self again. |
| file [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | (put in folder) | in den Ordner einheften Rdw |
| | | ablegen Vt, sepa |
| | | zu den Akten legen Rdw |
| | You should file away your receipts after a business trip. |
| file [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | figurative (keep in memory) | merken Vr |
| | | im Gedächtnis behalten Rdw |
| | It was an interesting piece of information which he filed away for future reference. |
| fire away vi phrasal | informal, figurative (begin asking questions) (ugs, übertragen) | losschießen Vi, sepa |
| | "Professor, could we ask you a few questions?" "Of course. Fire away!" |
| fire away vi phrasal | informal (begin shooting) | schießen Vi |
| | (Krieg) | das Feuer eröffnen Rdw |
| | When you have a clear shot at the deer, fire away. |
| float away vi phrasal | (on water: drift off) | abtreiben Vi, sepa |
| | | abdriften Vi, sepa |
| | He didn't tie up the boat properly, so it began to float away. |
| float away vi phrasal | (in air: drift off) | wegfliegen Vi, sepa |
| | The girl let go of the string and her balloon floated away. |
fritter [sth] away,
fritter away [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (waste, squander) (Zeit) | vertrödeln Vt |
| | | verschwenden, vergeuden Vt |
| | (Geld: informell) | verballern Vt |
| | You can't fritter away your time and expect to accomplish anything. |
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| a stone's throw away expr | figurative, informal (nearby) | einen Steinwurf entfernt Rdw |
| | | gleich um die Ecke Rdw |
| | | gleich nebenan Adj + Präp |
| | We can easily walk to Martha's house; she lives a stone's throw away. |
| away from [sth/sb] prep | (at a distance) | entfernt von etwas/jemandem V Part Perf |
| | | weiter weg von etwas/jemandem Adj + Adj |
| | Away from the earthquake's epicentre there was less damage. |
| | Von dem Epizentrum des Erdbebens entfernt war weniger Schaden. |
| away game n | (match: not on home field) | Auswärtsspiel Nn |
| | The team are playing an away game this Saturday. |
| away team n | (sports) | Auswärtsteam Nn |
| | | Auswärtsmannschaft Nf |
| away with [sb] interj | (dismiss or remove [sb]) | weg mit jmdm Int |
| | | hinfort mit jmdm Int |
| away with [sth] interj | (end or remove [sth]) | weg mit [etw] Int |
| | | hinfort mit [etw] Int |
| away with you interj | slang, regional (Leave, get going, be on your way) (altmodisch) | Geh mir aus den Augen! Int |
| | (Slang, vulgär) | Verpiss dich! Int |
| | (Slang) | Hau ab! Zieh Leine! Int |
| | Away with you! proclaimed the king. |
| bang away vi + adv | (play instrument loudly) | laut spielen Adj + Vt |
| | My neighbour is a keen drummer; I hear him banging away throughout the day and night. |
| be taken away vi | euphemism (die) (übertragen) | den ewigen Schlaf schlafen, den letzten Schlaf schlafen Rdw |
| | | sterben Vi |
| | | ableben Vi, sepa |
| be tucked away v expr | figurative, informal (be concealed or obscured) | versteckt sein V Part Perf + Vi |
| | Some money was tucked away in the back of the old cabinet. |
| bid [sth] away vtr + adv | (outbid [sb] for) | [etw] überbieten Vt, fix |
blow [sth] away,
blow away [sth] vtr + adv | (wind: carry off) | etwas wegwehen Vt, sepa |
| | | etwas wegblasen Vt, sepa |
| | (literarisch) | etwas hinwegwehen Vt, sepa |
| | The wind blew the dollar bill away. |
| | Der Wind wehte den Dollarschein weg. |
| blow away vi + adv | (be carried off by wind) | wegfliegen Vi, sepa |
| | The paper bag blew away in a gust of wind. |
| | Die Papiertüte flog in einer Windböe weg. |
| brush [sth] away vtr + adv | (remove) | etwas wegwischen Vt, sepa |
| | | etwas abwischen Vt, sepa |
| | (formell) | etwas entfernen Vt |
| | James brushed away his tears and began to smile. |
cast away,
castaway adj | (discarded) | weggeworfen V Part Perf |
| | | verworfen V Part Perf |
cast away,
castaway adj | (shipwrecked) | schiffbrüchig Adj |
chase away [sth/sb],
chase [sth/sb] away vtr + adv | (shoo) | jemanden verscheuchen Vt |
| | | etwas vertreiben, jemanden vertreiben Vt |
| | | jemanden davonjagen Vt, sepa |
| | Chase away that dog before it eats your food. |
chase away [sth/sb],
chase [sth/sb] away vtr + adv | (scare into running away) | etwas vertreiben, jemanden vertreiben Vt |
| | | jemanden fortjagen Vt, sepa |
| | | jemanden davonjagen Vt, sepa |
| | The farmer grabbed his pitchfork and chased the poachers away. |
chase away [sth/sb],
chase [sth/sb] away vtr + adv | figurative (banish, get rid of) | etwas vertreiben, jemanden vertreiben Vt |
| | | jemanden davonjagen Vt, sepa |
| | | jemanden fortjagen Vt, sepa |
| | It was a good luck charm to chase away nightmares. |
| chat away v expr | (converse enthusiastically) | plaudern Vi |
| | | unterhalten Vr, fix |
| Anmerkung: often used in continuous tenses |
| | The two elderly ladies were soon chatting away happily as though they had known each other all their lives. |
| come away from [sth] v expr | (leave) | aus etwas rausgehen Rdw |
| | | verlassen Vt |
| | Lucy came away from the interview feeling confident that she had got the job. |
| come away from [sth] v expr | (move further) | weggehen Vi, sepa |
| | (Slang) | wegkommen Vi, sepa |
| | | entfernen Vr |
| | Come away from that cliff edge; it may crumble. |
| come away from [sth] v expr | (become detached) | abgehen Vi, sepa |
| | | lösen Vr |
| | The cupboard door had come away from one of its hinges. |
| cut [sth] away vtr + adv | (remove: with blade) | etwas abschneiden Vt, sepa |
| | (vage) | etwas wegmachen Vt, sepa |
| Anmerkung: The single-word form is used when the term is a noun. |
| | To repair the table I had to cut away the damaged veneer and replace it with a matching new piece. |
| cutaway n | (TV, film: scene change) (Anglizismus) | Cut Nm |
| cutaway n | (drawing, model: shows interior) | Schnittmodell Nn |
| | | Schnittzeichnung Nf |
| cutaway n | US (men's formal coat) (Anglizismus) | Cutaway Nm |
| cutaway adj | (film shot: rapid change) | Cut- Präf |
| | There is a cutaway shot of the child who is listening in the next room. |
| cutaway adj | (drawing, model: shows interior) | Schnitt- Präf |
| | This cutaway drawing of the earth shows the hot ball at its center. |
| dart away vi + adv | (leave quickly) | schnell verkrümeln Adj als Adv + Vr |
| | | verschwinden Vi |
| | (übertragen) | sich schnell vom Acker machen Rdw |
| | (übertragen) | sich schnell aus dem Staub machen Rdw |
day away (US),
day out (UK) n | (one-day trip, outing) | Ausflug Nm |
| | | freier Tag Adj + Nm |
| | We had a lovely day out at the seaside. |
| direct [sb/sth] away from [sth] v expr | (point in different direction) | etwas von etwas umleiten Präp + Vt, sepa |
| | | etwas leiten Vt |
| | | jemandem den Weg weisen VP |
| | The police were directing traffic away from the street where they were repairing the gas leak. |
drag [sb] away,
drag away [sb] vtr + adv | (force [sb] to leave) | jemanden wegzerren Vt, sepa |
| | | jemanden wegschleppen Vt, sepa |
| | | jemanden wegziehen Vt, sepa |
| | A police officer was dragging one of the protesters away. |
| drain [sth] away vtr + adv | (filter off) | [etw] abfließen lassen Vi, sepa + Vt |
| | | ableiten Vt, sepa |
| | He dug a ditch to drain away the water that was flooding the lawn. |
| drain away vi + adv | (trickle off, be filtered off) | abfließen Vi, sepa |
| | The washbasin is blocked; the water only drains away very slowly. |
| draw away from [sth/sb] v expr | (retreat from [sth], [sb]) | vor jemandem zurückweichen Rdw |
| | | vor etwas zurückweichen Rdw |
| | | zurückziehen Vr, sepa |
| draw [sb] away from [sth] v expr | (cause to leave) | jemanden zum Gehen bewegen Rdw |
| | | dazu führen, dass jemand etwas verlässt Rdw |
| | | dazu führen, dass jemand jemanden zurücklässt Rdw |
| | What drew you away from your hometown? |
| drive [sb/sth] away vtr + adv | (repel, force to leave) (informell) | jemanden abturnen Vt, sepa |
| | | jemanden vertreiben Vt |
| | She drove him away with her constant nagging. |
| | Sie turnte ihn mit ihrer ständigen Nörgelei ab. |
| ebb away vi + adv | figurative (gradually disappear) | nachlassen Vi, sepa |
| | | langsam verschwinden Adv + Vi |
| | (übertragen) | abebben Vi, sepa |
| far and away expr | (by a large margin) | bei weitem, bei Weitem Präp + Nn |
| | | mit Abstand Adv + Nm |
| | Pele was far and away the greatest footballer of his generation. |
| far away adv | (in the distance) | in der Ferne Rdw |
| | I could see the skyline far away on the horizon. |
| | Ich konnte die Skyline in der Ferne am Horizont sehen. |
| far away adv | (at a distance) | weit weg Adj + Konj |
| | | weit entfernt Adj + Adj |
| | My family lives far away. |
| | Meine Familie lebt weit weg. |
| far away from [sth/sb] prep | (at a distance) | weit weg von [etw]/jmdm Rdw |
| | | weit entfernt von [etw]/jmdm Rdw |
| | The village where I grew up is far away from here. |
flush [sth] away,
flush away [sth] vtr + adv | (wash away with water) | wegspühlen Vt, sepa |
| | The drug dealer heard the police at the door and quickly ran to the bathroom to flush away the evidence. |
| fly away vi + adv | (insect, bird: take flight) | wegfliegen Vi, sepa |
| | After the bird was rescued from the cat, he shook himself, then flew away. |
| fly away vi + adv | figurative (be carried off by wind) | wegfliegen Vi, sepa |
| | | davon geweht werden Rdw |
| | The loose sheets of paper flew away in the wind. |
| fold away vi + adv | (fold up into smaller unit) | einklappen Vt, sepa |
| | | wegräumen Vt, sepa |
| | Those chairs fold away when they are not in use. |