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1 halt
[ho:lt] 1. verb(to (cause to) stop walking, marching, running etc: The driver halted the train; The train halted at the signals.) stöðva2. noun1) (a complete stop: the train came to a halt.) stans2) (a short stop (on a march etc).) stans3) (a small railway station.) lítil lestarstöð•- call a halt to- call a halt -
2 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.) stöðva(st)2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) stöðva3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) stoppa, hætta4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) loka5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) loka; styðja á6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) dvelja2. 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.) stans2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) stöð3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) punktur4) (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.) loka, loftop5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) fleygur, klossi•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
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3 draw in
((of a car etc) to come to a halt at the side of the road.) stöðva út við vegarbrún -
4 jerk
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5 abrupt
1) (sudden; unexpected: The car came to an abrupt halt.) skyndilegur2) ((of a person's manner of speaking etc) rude or sharp.) stuttaralegur, dónalegur3) (lacking in continuity.)•- abruptly- abruptness -
6 be at
(to remain without moving; to stop, halt etc: The traffic was at a standstill.) kyrrstaða -
7 minor
1. adjective1) (less, or little, in importance, size etc: Always halt when driving from a minor road on to a major road; She has to go into hospital for a minor operation.) smávægilegur2) ((American) a secondary subject that a student chooses to study at university or college: Her major is in physics, but she has a minor in computer science.)2. verb((American) to study something as a minor subject: He is minoring in French.)3. noun(a person who is not yet legally an adult.) ólögráða maður- minority- be in the minority -
8 reach a standstill
(to remain without moving; to stop, halt etc: The traffic was at a standstill.) kyrrstaða -
9 screech
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10 stop off
(to make a halt on a journey etc: We stopped off at Edinburgh to see the castle.) koma við
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