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Bookmark or Share- dispose of/dispose off | WordReference Forums"The company wants to dispose off the equipment." Is this sentence correct. Iam confused whether it is dispose of or dispose off as I see a lot of sentences that use dispose off. But when I searched I could just find that dispose of is the phrasal verb that should be used. Please help.
- A ways off - WordReference Forums"A ways off" is a colloquial expression that means something like "some distance away." Occasionally you'll see it with the plural artical ("some ways off")... either way, it's just an expression that refers to a moderate distance.
- get off work or take off work? - WordReference ForumsYour choices (get off work, finish work, leave work) will all work fine finishing the question about a normal working day. I don't see much difference in formality, if any. Note that "Leave work" can also be used to depart even if you have not finished your obligations for the day.
- Once-off or One-off - WordReference ForumsDoes anyone know what is the difference between 'once-off' and 'one-off' or whether once-off is used across the English-speaking world? Recently an English colleague corrected me when I used 'once-off' instead of 'one-off'. I'm wondering if 'once-off' is actually hiberno-English as I would always have used it more commonly than 'one-off'.
- Adding additional fuel line for kicker to motor to feed off main tank ...The head units are standard Mercury Marine head units (as of 1989). The RACOR filter canisters are model S3213 to fit the Merc head units(the clear plastic bowl below the RACOR filter can is reusable and has a drain to tap off any water that might be collected in the bowl).
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