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| не замедлить себя ждать (Mikhail11); вдалеке (at a distance, but visible • I felt like a lost child who spots his father in the offing.) | |||
| впереди; в ближайшем будущем | |||
| на горизонте (on the horizon) as in • ...with exams finished and graduation in the offing • With an election in the offing, the prime minister is keen to maintain his popularity Val_Ships); в скором времени (Val_Ships); в ближайшее время (Val_Ships); в перспективе (Anglophile); в недалёком будущем | |||
| не за горами (soon to come; in the foreseeable future • With an election in the offing, the prime minister is keen to maintain his popularity MargeWebley) | |||
| далеко на рейде; в открытом море; в море; значительно мористее; вдали от берега; вдали от берега (но в виду его – wthin the area of the sea known as the offing; at a considerable distance from land, but visible from shore); на значительном расстоянии от берега | |||
| вдали от берега (но в виду его) | |||
| в виду берега | |||
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| at a distance, but visible | |||
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in the offing : 21 phrases in 7 subjects |
| General | 11 |
| Idiomatic | 5 |
| Informal | 1 |
| Mass media | 1 |
| Navigation | 1 |
| Oceanography & oceanology | 1 |
| Shipbuilding | 1 |