I'm going away for a few days...

[Galia]

Test No. incompl/elem-12 "We went on holiday", question 6

I'm going ......... for a few days so don't send me any more work.

(a) off
(b) out
(c) over
(d) away

Test No. incompl/elem-12 "We went on holiday", answer 6

I'm going away for a few days so don't send me any more work.

Correct answer: (d) away

Your answer was: incorrect
I'm going out for a few days so don't send me any more work.
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why "any good" instead "any better"

[Alan]

Hi,

Which question are you writing about?

Alan
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[Guest]

Why away is an answer rather than out ?

[Rich7]

I guess just because he is going far away for some days and not just going out the door.

[lisa]

[Alan]

Hi Lisa,

You usually say go out of a room meaning leave the room. With something large like a country you would say: I am leaving Poland or if you are talking about a journey, you would depart from an airport/station/sea port.

Alan
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[Alan]

Hi again,

To be out of something means you have no more of it. You go into a shop and ask for bananas and the shopkeeper says: I'm sorry I am out of bananas = I have no more bananas.

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[lisa]

[Mister Micawber]

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Or, you can be out of the office for a few minutes-- this is a common memo item or phone message.
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[Alan]

Well yes

and you can also be out of your mind - which means you've gone crazy.

Alan
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[Duset]

Hi.

I didn't find difference between "go away" and "go off" in dictionaries.
Can anybody explain me this?