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I will give up drinking at any cost.
私は何としても酒を止めるつもりです。
The university decided to do away with this kind of examination.
大学はこの種の試験を廃止することに決めた。
After a while, the little black rabbit stopped eating, sat down, and looked very sad.
しばらくして小さい黒いウサギは食べるのを止めて座り込みました。それはとても悲しそうにみえた。
Tom stopped to take a close look at the car.
トムはその車をよく見ようと立ち止まった。
Let's resume reading where we left off last week.
先週止めたところからまた読み始めましょう。
We have to do away with such a bad custom.
そんな悪い慣習は廃止すべきだ。
I tried to stop him, but he left me behind.
私は彼を引き止めようとしたが、彼は私をおいて行ってしまった。
Stop beating around the bush and tell me what happened.
遠回しに言うのは止めて、何が起こったのか言いなさい。
We took strong measures to prevent it.
私たちはそれを防止する強硬な対策を講じた。
I absolutely love going to concerts not just because I get a chance to meet the musician or singer but because of the wondrous feeling of a live performance.
He raised his hand in order that the taxi might stop.
彼はタクシーを止めようとして手を上げた。
The bus stopped and we got on.
バスが止まり、私たちは乗った。
At the Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, all the reactors stopped just after the quake.
福島第一原子力発電所では、地震直後にすべての原子炉が停止した。
I've heard that if you default on the water rates your water supply will be suspended, is that true?
水道料金を滞納すると給水を停止されるということをお聞きしましたが本当ですか?
He did not stop his car at the red light.
彼は赤信号にも車を止めなかった。
I held up my hand to stop a taxi.
タクシーを止めるため私は手を上げた。
However, when listening to an unknown foreign language, our ability to discern different words is lost, and we recognize speech as being a stream of sounds without many pauses.