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отложи́ть

verb, perfective
Partner откла́дывать, отлага́ть
somewhat often used word (#3473)

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set aside

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postpone

Also: delay, put off, adjourn

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Я отложи́л вы́вод. I put off the conclusion.
Она отложи́ла свою́ ру́чку. She put down her pen.
Мэри отложи́ла вяза́ние и вста́ла. Mary put her knitting aside and stood up.
Мы отложи́ли встре́чу на неде́лю. We delayed the meeting for a week.
Си́льный дождь вы́нудил нас отложи́ть отъе́зд. The heavy rain compelled us to put off our departure.
Мы отложи́ли приня́тие оконча́тельного реше́ния до сле́дующей неде́ли. We have to put off making a final decision until next week.
Мы отложи́ли наш отъе́зд из-за дождя́. We put off our departure because of the rain.
Он отложи́л свой отъе́зд до за́втра. He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
Чтобы зако́нчить разрабо́тку в срок, мы тре́буем отложи́ть все други́е зада́чи, не относящиеся к де́лу. In order to complete the development on schedule, we request that other unrelated tasks be delayed for the moment.
Мы отложи́ли отъе́зд из-за грозы. We postponed our departure because of the storm.