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1 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) a (se) opri2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) a împiedica3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) a se opri4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) a (se) astupa5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) a bloca; a astupa6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) a sta2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) oprire; haltă2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) staţie3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) punct4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) cheie5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) ţăruş; tampon•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
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2 give up as a bad job
(to decide that (something) is not worth doing, or impossible to do, and so stop doing it.) a renunţa -
3 get (someone) into
(to make (a person) start or stop doing (something) as a habit: I wish I could get out of the habit of biting my nails; You must get your children into the habit of cleaning their teeth.) a (se) învăţa (să); a (se) dezvăţa (de) -
4 get (someone) into
(to make (a person) start or stop doing (something) as a habit: I wish I could get out of the habit of biting my nails; You must get your children into the habit of cleaning their teeth.) a (se) învăţa (să); a (se) dezvăţa (de) -
5 out of the habit of
(to make (a person) start or stop doing (something) as a habit: I wish I could get out of the habit of biting my nails; You must get your children into the habit of cleaning their teeth.) a (se) învăţa (să); a (se) dezvăţa (de) -
6 give up
1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) a abandona2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) a renunţa la3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) a preda, a ceda4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) a consacra5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) a considera -
7 interrupt
1) (to stop a person while he is saying or doing something, especially by saying etc something oneself: He interrupted her while she was speaking; He interrupted her speech; Listen to me and don't interrupt!) a întrerupe2) (to stop or make a break in (an activity etc): He interrupted his work to eat his lunch; You interrupted my thoughts.) a (se) întrerupe3) (to cut off (a view etc): A block of flats interrupted their view of the sea.) a acoperi• -
8 pause
[po:z] 1. noun1) (a short stop, break or interval (while doing something): There was a pause in the conversation.) pauză, întrerupere2) (the act of making a musical note or rest slightly longer than normal, or a mark showing that this is to be done.) pauză2. verb(to stop talking, working etc for a short time: They paused for a cup of tea.) a face o pauză -
9 argue
1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) a se certa (pentru/în legătură cu)2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) a pleda (pentru/împotriva)3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) a convinge (să/să nu)4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) a susţine•- arguable- argument
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10 bellyache
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11 brake
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12 dissuade
[di'sweid](to stop (from doing something) by advice or persuasion: I tried to dissuade him from his foolish intention.) a sfătui să nu (facă ceva) -
13 do you mind!
(used to show annoyance, stop someone doing something etc: Do you mind! That's my foot you're standing on!) Nu te supăra! -
14 inhibit
[in'hibit](to stop or hinder (eg someone from doing something).) a împiedica- inhibition -
15 keep from
(to stop oneself from (doing something): I could hardly keep from hitting him.) a se reţine să -
16 prevent
[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) a împiedica- preventive -
17 procrastinate
[prə'kræstineit](to delay or put off doing something: Stop procrastinating and do it now!) a amâna; a lăsa pe mai târziu -
18 purpose
['pə:pəs]1) (the reason for doing something; the aim to which an action etc is directed: What is the purpose of your visit?) scop, obiectiv2) (the use or function of an object: The purpose of this lever is to stop the machine in an emergency.) utilitate3) (determination: a man of purpose.) voinţă; hotărâre•- purposefully
- purposeless
- purposely
- purpose-built
- on purpose
- serve a purpose
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19 resist
[rə'zist]1) (to fight against, usually successfully: The soldiers resisted the enemy attack; He tried to resist arrest; It's hard to resist temptation.) a rezista (cu)2) (to be able to stop oneself doing, taking etc (something): I couldn't resist kicking him when he bent down; I just can't resist strawberries.) a se opune (la)3) (to be unaffected or undamaged by: a metal that resists rust/acids.) a se abţine (de la/să)•- resistant -
20 thwart
[Ɵwo:t]1) (to stop or hinder (someone) from doing something: He doesn't like to be thwarted.) a se împotrivi2) (to prevent (something being done by someone): All his attempts to become rich were thwarted.) a contracara
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