read off

ablesen, vorlesen

Geschriebene Angaben laut nennen, meist nacheinander von einer Liste.

In einfachem Englisch: To say written items aloud, usually one after another from a list.

• Please read off the names.
• She read the numbers off slowly so I could write them down.
• Can you read off the next three items?

So benutzt man es: read something off (She read the names off one by one.); read something off something (He read the prices off a printed list.)

Synonyme: read out, recite

Häufige Wendungen: read off something, read off the names

ablesen

Eine Zahl von einer Skala, einem Messgerät oder einem Diagramm ablesen.

In einfachem Englisch: To find a number by looking at a scale, instrument, or chart.

• Read off the temperature, please.
• She read off the pressure shown on the gauge.
• Can you read the value off this graph?

So benutzt man es: read something off something (You can read the temperature off the display.)

Synonyme: read, measure

Häufige Wendungen: read off something, read off the temperature

ausschimpfen, zurechtweisen

Jemanden wütend ausschimpfen, weil er etwas falsch gemacht hat.

In einfachem Englisch: To speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.

• The boss read him off.
• She read the boys off for breaking the window.
• Did your father read you off when you arrived late?

So benutzt man es: read someone off (His father read him off for leaving the gate open.)

Synonyme: scold, tell off, reprimand

Gegenteile: praise

Häufige Wendungen: read someone off, read off someone