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start off vb (adverb)
1. (intr) to set out on a journey 2. to be or make the first step in an activity; initiate he started the show off with a lively song 3. (tr) to cause (a person) to act or do something, such as to laugh, to tell stories, etc. Translations ? start off vi (= begin) → anfangen; (= begin moving: person) → losgehen; (on journey) → aufbrechen; (= run) → loslaufen; (= drive) → losfahren; (esp Sport) → starten; (= begin talking etc) → anfangen, loslegen (inf) → (on mit); to start off with = start2 VI vt sep sth → anfangen; to start somebody off (talking) → jdm das Stichwort geben; to start the baby off (crying) → das Baby zum Schreien bringen; whatever you do, don’t start her off → sieh bloß zu, dass sie nicht damit anfängt; that started the dog off (barking) → da fing der Hund an zu bellen; to start somebody off on something → jdn auf etw (acc) → bringen; a few stamps to start you off → ein paar Briefmarken für den Anfang; I’ll play a few bars to start you off → ich spiele ein paar Takte, um Sie einzustimmen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"Well," said he, "I hardly know; we always liked to hear the trumpet sound, and to be called out, and were impatient to start off, though sometimes we had to stand for hours, waiting for the word of command; and when the word was given we used to spring forward as gayly and eagerly as if there were no cannon balls, bayonets, or bullets. Accordingly, after a little anxious but bewildered counsel, it was determined that several small detachments should start off in different directions, headed by the several partners. I had been too much occupied with the dangers of the descent to glance down toward the valley; but that cry which told me that it was indeed Lys, and that she was again in danger, brought my eyes quickly upon her in time to see a hairy, burly brute seize her and start off at a run toward the near-by wood. |
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