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1 stopping
noun (a filling in a tooth: One of my stoppings has come out.) plombă -
2 armistice
((an agreement) stopping fighting (in a war, battle etc): An armistice was declared.) armistiţiu -
3 bottleneck
noun (a place where slowing down or stopping of traffic, progress etc occurs: a bottleneck caused by roadworks.) ambuteiaj -
4 draught
1) (a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn: We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!)2) (a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping: He took a long draught of beer.)3) (the amount of water a ship requires to float it: a draught of half a metre.)•- draughts- draughty -
5 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
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6 arrest
[ə'rest] 1. verb1) (to capture or take hold of (a person) because he or she has broken the law: The police arrested the thief.) a aresta2) (to stop: Economic difficulties arrested the growth of industry.) a opri2. noun1) (the act of arresting; being arrested: The police made several arrests; He was questioned after his arrest.) arestare2) (a stopping of action: Cardiac arrest is another term for heart failure.) oprire, stop• -
7 cessation
[se'seiʃən](stopping or ceasing: the cessation of activities.) încetare -
8 hiccough
1. noun1) ((the sound caused by) a sudden brief stopping of the breath caused by eg eating or drinking too much, too quickly.) sughiţ2) ((in plural) the frequent repetition of this, at intervals of a few seconds: an attack of hiccoughs; I've got the hiccups.) sughiţuri2. verb(to make a hiccup or hiccups.) a sughiţa -
9 hiccup
1. noun1) ((the sound caused by) a sudden brief stopping of the breath caused by eg eating or drinking too much, too quickly.) sughiţ2) ((in plural) the frequent repetition of this, at intervals of a few seconds: an attack of hiccoughs; I've got the hiccups.) sughiţuri2. verb(to make a hiccup or hiccups.) a sughiţa -
10 peace
[pi:s]1) ((sometimes with a) (a time of) freedom from war; (a treaty or agreement which brings about) the end or stopping of a war: Does our country want peace or war?; ( also adjective) a peace treaty.) (de) pace2) (freedom from disturbance; quietness: I need some peace and quiet.) pace•- peaceably
- peaceful
- peacefully
- peacefulness
- peacemaker
- peace-offering
- peacetime
- at peace
- in peace
- make peace
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11 relief
[rə'li:f]1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) uşurare; calmare2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) (de) ajutor; asistenţă3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) (de) schimb4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) eliberare5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relief•- relieve- relieved -
12 stoppage
[-pi‹]noun ((an) act of stopping or state or process of being stopped: The building was at last completed after many delays and stoppages.) întrerupere
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