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The wind blew a flowerpot off the balcony.
Hold on tight so you don’t slip off.
I had to scrape the dirt off the walls.
I was so surprised I nearly fell off my chair.
She tried to push the dog off of her but it kept jumping up.
There was a sign saying “Keep off the grass.”
Their farm is only twenty miles off.
The nearest seaside resort is a long way off.
He told us right off that he wasn’t happy about the decision.
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a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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