away

away
[əʼweɪ] adv
inv
1) (elsewhere) weg;
to be \away on business geschäftlich unterwegs sein;
to go \away weggehen, fortgehen;
to move \away wegziehen;
she's \away from work with a cold sie ist heute nicht bei der Arbeit, da sie erkältet ist
2) (distant) weg;
oh, but it's miles \away aber das ist ja ewig weit weg von hier! (fam)
to move \away from somewhere sich von etw dat entfernen;
five miles \away [from here] fünf Meilen [von hier] entfernt;
as far \away as possible so weit weg wie möglich;
\away from the city außerhalb der Stadt;
\away from each other voneinander entfernt;
to keep [or stay] \away from sb/sth sich akk von jdm/etw fernhalten
3) (in another direction) weg;
to look \away wegsehen;
to turn \away sich akk abwenden;
4) (fig: from subject, trouble)
to move a discussion \away from sth das Gespräch auf ein anderes Thema bringen
5) (in future time)
to be two days/six months \away event in zwei Tagen/sechs Monaten sein;
to be still/only a week \away erst/schon in einer Woche sein;
summer still seems a long time \away der Sommer scheint noch weit entfernt
6) (through entire period of time)
we danced the night \away wir tanzten die ganze Nacht durch;
you're dreaming your life \away du verträumst noch dein ganzes Leben
7) (continuously) dahin-;
to drink the night \away die ganze Nacht über trinken;
to be laughing \away ständig am Lachen sein;
to write \away drauflosschreiben (fam)
8) sports (at opponents' ground)
to play \away auswärts spielen
9) (old) (liter);
\away! hinweg! veraltet (liter) adj
inv, attr sports auswärts, Auswärts-;
\away game [or fixture] [or match] Auswärtsspiel nt;
\away team Gastmannschaft f;
\away win Auswärtssieg m

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