
He'll stop at nothing to get what he wants. To be willing to do anything, however dishonest etc, in order to get something. He was made headmaster as a stopgap till a new man could be appointed ( also adjective) stopgap arrangements. (= act of stopping) → Halt m, → Stoppen nt the signal is at stop → das Signal steht auf Halt or Stop to bring something to a stop (lit) → etw anhalten or stoppen, etw zum Stehen bringen traffic → etw zum Erliegen bringen (fig) project, meeting, development → einer Sache (dat) → ein Ende machen conversation → etw verstummen lassen to come to a stop (car, machine) → anhalten, stoppen (traffic) → stocken ( fig, meeting, rain) → aufhören (research, project) → eingestellt werden (conversation) → verstummen to come to a dead/sudden stop (vehicle) → abrupt anhalten or stoppen (traffic) → völlig/ plötzlich zum Erliegen kommen (rain) → ganz plötzlich aufhören (research, project, meeting) → ein Ende nt → /ein abruptes Ende finden (conversation) → völlig/ abrupt verstummen when the aircraft has come to a complete stop → wenn die Maschine völlig zum Stillstand gekommen ist to make a stop (bus, train, tram) → (an) halten (plane, ship) → (Zwischen) station machen to put a stop to something → einer Sache (dat) → einen Riegel vorschiebenĪ person or thing that fills a gap in an emergency. It’s natural, when you’re around someone a lot, to develop feelings.Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012 stop

We were alarmed by the growing conventional wisdom in our party that we should stop talking about Trump - alarmed by that and what was happening to our country.Ĭrushes can continue throughout your lifespan, you don’t just stop having them because you’re in a relationship.

There are too many people out here getting killed in the United States of America. There are too many people out here getting shot. We have to stop this senseless, senseless gun violence. Nothing short of a US investigation that leads to real accountability is acceptable, and we won't stop until no other American or Palestinian family endures the same pain we have. but there’s an international decision to stop helping Lebanon, because they have a problem with Hezbollah.

They said it to me, the Americans and the Europeans: ‘it’s not you’.
