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cut off

Translation
cut off
1. verb
a) To remove via cutting.

The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.

b) To isolate or remove from contact.

His parents cut him off to encourage him to find a job.

2. noun

A thermal cut-off.


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Фильмы

  • Yak-40 in the Sky, 1973 — The story is about "Yak-40" - a jet aircraft and regular flights of "Aeroflot" ["Air Fleet"] Organization in the USSR.
  • Peoples Want Peace., 1984 — On request of the Union of Soviet Friendship Societies. An anti-military film.
  • The Onega True Story (Look Around), 1987 — About the life of a northern Russian village and the destiny of people.