stumbling block to agreement

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• stumbling block — noun any obstacle or impediment (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑obstacle * * * noun, pl ⋯ blocks [count] : something that stops you from doing what you want to do Lack of funds is a major stumbling block to the project. My plans hit a stumbling block. *… …   Useful english dictionary

• stumbling block — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, key, main, major, real ▪ potential VERB + STUMBLING BLOCK ▪ be …   Collocations dictionary

• stumbling block — UK [ˈstʌmblɪŋ ˌblɒk] / US [ˈstʌmblɪŋ ˌblɑk] noun [countable] Word forms stumbling block : singular stumbling block plural stumbling blocks a difficulty that causes mistakes or prevents progress a major stumbling block to an agreement …   English dictionary

• stumbling block — stum|bling block [ stʌmblıŋ ,blak ] noun count a difficulty that causes mistakes or prevents progress: a major stumbling block to an agreement …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• block — block1 [ blak ] noun count *** ▸ 1 piece of wood/stone etc. ▸ 2 distance along street ▸ 3 amount/quantity of something ▸ 4 period of time ▸ 5 (large) building ▸ 6 at start of race ▸ 7 something that stops movement ▸ 8 something that stops action… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• block — I UK [blɒk] / US [blɑk] noun [countable] Word forms block : singular block plural blocks *** 1) a) a large building with a lot of different levels There s a flat available in the block where I live. an apartment/office/high rise block block of… …   English dictionary

• block*/*/ — [blɒk] noun [C] I 1) a large building with a lot of different levels an apartment/office block[/ex] The whole block of flats was destroyed.[/ex] 2) a solid piece of wood, stone, ice etc with straight sides a block of marble[/ex] 3) an amount of… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Belfast Agreement — The Agreement, most often referred to as the Belfast Agreement ( ga. Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste; sc. Belfast Greeance) or the Good Friday Agreement ( ga. Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta) ( sc. Guid Fridæ Greeance), and occasionally as the Stormont… …   Wikipedia

• Lancaster House Agreement — The Lancaster House Agreement ended biracial rule in Zimbabwe Rhodesia following negotiations between representatives of the Patriotic Front (PF), consisting of ZAPU (Zimbabwe African Peoples Union) and ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) and… …   Wikipedia

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• Levon Ter-Petrossian — Infobox President | name=Levon Ter Petrossian Լևոն Տեր Պետրոսյան | nationality=Armenian order=1st President of Armenia term start=October 16, 1991 term end=February 3, 1998 successor=Robert Kocharyan birth date=Birth date and age|1945|1|9|mf=y… …   Wikipedia