Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

along and off

English answer:

along Gibb street and further away from Gibb street

Added to glossary by AltoSignificado
Apr 9, 2023 17:38
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English term

along and off

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
I need to know the meaning of the phrase "along and off" in the following contexts. It's in the description of the location of a place in a tour guide. The street mentioned is not in straight line; it makes a bend, as you can see in this map: https://goo.gl/maps/kohXgY7Ff2Ccm8AM8. Could that be the meaning?

Jammed with traffic and jostled by decrepit industrial buildings, it's hardly enticing, but there are two reasons to venture out here. The first is the bus station on the right; the second — on the left just along and off Gibb Street — is the arts complex that occupies The Custard Factory, a handsome, homely affair set around a friendly little courtyard.
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Apr 9, 2023 18:51: Jennifer Levey changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

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Non-PRO (3): Yvonne Gallagher, AllegroTrans, Jennifer Levey

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Discussion

FPC Apr 10, 2023:
Further up Gibb street, from the point where the speaker is now, and at a short distance from it
Christopher Schröder Apr 9, 2023:
Two separate prepositions. You go along Gibb St and this place is just off it

Responses

3 days 2 hrs
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along Gibb street and further away from Gibb street

It has nothing to do with the bend on Gibb street.
It is an arts complex that includes more than one building. Some buildings are along Gibb street and some will lead you further away from Gibb street.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wibFSX8C4Ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSFSvt_tj84

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Note added at 3 days 7 hrs (2023-04-13 00:48:39 GMT)
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complex:
2. A building or group of buildings used for a single purpose
e.g., a sports complex.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/complex
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Arts complex is just off Gibb Street

Yes you're right


...continue (past the bus station, on the right) ALONG Gibb St and you willl see the arts complex located in the Custard Factory, just OFF Gibb St
Peer comment(s):

agree AllegroTrans
16 mins
Many thanks:-)
agree Tony M
36 mins
Thanks Tony!
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12 hrs

along and little away from Gibbs Street or adjacent to and slightly away from Gibbs Streets

When you say along Gibbs Street, it means along Gibbs Street or parallel to Gibbs Street and to express is exactly the communicator sounded a little away from Gibbs Street.
Peer comment(s):

disagree AllegroTrans : "along" means just that, not parallel to; your answer is confusing; your explanation "..and to express is exactly the communicator sounded a little away from Gibbs Street" is not English
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