run off

s’enfuir

Partir rapidement, souvent par peur ou pour s’échapper.

En anglais simple : To leave quickly, often because you are afraid or want to escape.

• The dog ran off.
• The children ran off when they saw us.
• Why did he run off so suddenly?

Comment l'utiliser : run off with someone/something (The thief ran off with my bag.)

Synonymes : run away, flee

Expressions courantes : run off suddenly, run off home

s’écouler, ruisseler

Se dit d’un liquide qui quitte une surface en coulant ou qui déborde par son bord.

En anglais simple : If liquid does this, it flows away from a surface or over its edge.

• Water runs off the roof.
• The rain ran off the steep path.
• Where does the melted snow run off?

Comment l'utiliser : run off + surface (Rainwater runs off the roof into a tank.)

Synonymes : flow away, drain away

Expressions courantes : run off something, run off the roof

imprimer, photocopier

Imprimer ou copier quelque chose, généralement rapidement ou en plusieurs exemplaires.

En anglais simple : To print or copy something, usually quickly or in several copies.

• Please run off ten copies.
• I ran the handouts off yesterday.
• Can you run off the agenda for everyone?

Comment l'utiliser : run something off (Could you run these forms off before lunch?)

Synonymes : print, copy, print out

Expressions courantes : run off copies, run off something

chasser, faire fuir

Obliger une personne ou un animal à partir, souvent en le menaçant ou en le poursuivant.

En anglais simple : To make a person or animal leave, often by threatening or chasing them.

• The dog ran off the birds.
• They ran the strangers off their property.
• Who ran off the people outside the shop?

Comment l'utiliser : run someone off (The farmer ran the trespassers off his land.)

Synonymes : chase away, drive away, scare off

Expressions courantes : run off someone, run off intruders

écrire rapidement

Écrire quelque chose vite et sans beaucoup d’effort.

En anglais simple : To write something quickly and with little effort.

• He can run off a poem easily.
• She ran off a quick note before leaving.
• Could you run off a short article tonight?

Comment l'utiliser : run something off (She ran a short speech off in ten minutes.)

Synonymes : dash off

Expressions courantes : run off something, run off a poem

vider, évacuer

Laisser un liquide s’écouler hors d’un récipient ou d’un endroit.

En anglais simple : To let liquid flow out of a container or away from a place.

• Run off the water slowly.
• The workers ran off the molten metal.
• Open this valve to run off the liquid.

Comment l'utiliser : run something off (The workers ran the remaining liquid off into a tank.)

Synonymes : drain, draw off

Expressions courantes : run off liquid, run off molten metal