discontinue an activity.
활동을 중단하다.
"he resumed the other story at the point where the previous author had left off"
끊기다
fail to include someone or something on a list.
빼 먹다. 생략하다; 놓치다;
"he had left him off the list of beneficiaries of his estate"
to stop doing
_Start reading from where you left off last time. 끊기다
He left off playing the piano to answer the door. 중단하다
summarize
leave off는 실행중이던 무언가를 중단할 때 사용한다. 예를 들어 작가가 글을 쓸 때 처음부터 끝까지 한 번에 finalyze하지 않는다. 중단할 포인트가 필요하며 그럴 때 leave off를 사용하다.
I resumed studying at the point where it has been left off.
