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Only luck has prevented the dissidents from killing anyone since March last year, when two off-duty soldiers and a policeman were murdered.
去年三月，两名下了班的士兵和一位警察被谋杀，自此之后这些持不同政见者都没有再杀人——这要归功于运气。
They saw a homeless man leaving a shop and started to bully him. An off-duty policeman heard the commotion and intervened; he was shot and killed.
他们看到一个流浪汉正要从一个商店离开，便开始恫吓他，恰巧一名下班的警察听到了喧闹并予以干涉，结果遭到枪击身亡。
Phone lines were knocked out, forcing emergency rescue services to appeal over local radio stations for off-duty doctors and nurses to report for duty.
道路被倒下来的树木和石块阻塞，部分地区电力、通讯中断，为紧急服务措施的实施增添了难度，他们只能使用电台呼叫没有值班的医护人员前来救援。马德拉岛的机场被迫关闭，丰沙尔市长建议当地居民呆在家中不要外出。

With his unfettered wavy white curls and unshaven jowls he fittingly resembles a sea captain off-duty.
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The friend shot and killed an off-duty policeman while trying to escape, then killed himself.
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When someone such as a soldier or police officer is off-duty, they are not working.