Switch off

1- Switch (sth) off : to use a switch to change a device from on to off.

2- Switch (sb/sth) off : to stop giving your attention to someone or something 

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• Examples in context:

1- But do we know just how much power we are using when we switch things off or put them into standby mode?

1- If you come across some rude mobile phone addicts, don’t hesitate to interrupt and ask them to move away, to switch off.
1- Once the allocated time in front of the box has expired, the TV automatically switches off and the child must go out to play if he wants to earn more time.

2- They mean that people are not joining in, they’re imposing, they’re disrupting. (...) SWITCH THEM OFF. Liberate yourself.

1- Apagar (radio, TV, móvil, luz, electrodoméstico, motor).
2- Desconectar (la mente), dejar de prestar atención.


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Move away

Move (sb/sth) away (from sth) : Leave

• Examples in context:

• If you come across some rude mobile phone addicts, don’t hesitate to interrupt and ask them to move away, to switch off.
• By the time Typhoon Nanmadol had moved away from the coast, at least 640 people were confirmed dead and nearly 400 were missing. 
• "Of course less meat is better than more, but we can't start solving the environmental and health problems without moving away from animal protein." 
• As people move away from rural areas, it is more difficult for them to see animals in their natural habitats.

Distanciarse, alejarse (de algo).


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