stop

s’arrêter

Cesser de bouger et rester au même endroit.

En anglais simple : To end your movement and stay in one place.

• Please stop here.
• The bus stopped outside the school.
• We stopped at the red light.

Comment l'utiliser : stop at something (The train stops at every station.)

Synonymes : halt

Contraires : move

Expressions courantes : stop here, stop suddenly, stop at something

arrêter, empêcher

Empêcher quelqu’un ou quelque chose d’avancer ou d’agir.

En anglais simple : To prevent someone or something from moving forward or doing something.

• The police stopped our car.
• A locked gate stopped us from entering.
• Nothing could stop her from reaching the top.

Comment l'utiliser : stop someone/something from doing something (The rain stopped us from playing outside.)

Synonymes : prevent, block, halt

Contraires : allow

Expressions courantes : stop someone, stop a car, stop someone from

arrêter, cesser

Ne plus faire une activité qu’on était en train de faire.

En anglais simple : To no longer do an activity that you were doing.

• Stop talking, please.
• She stopped working at six.
• Have you stopped eating meat?

Comment l'utiliser : stop doing something (He stopped smoking last year.)

Synonymes : quit, cease

Contraires : continue, start

Expressions courantes : stop smoking, stop talking, stop doing something, stop fighting

arrêter, mettre fin à

Faire finir un événement, un processus ou une action.

En anglais simple : To make an event, process, or action come to an end.

• Stop the machine!
• The referee stopped the fight.
• We used a clean cloth to stop the bleeding.

Synonymes : end, halt

Contraires : start

Expressions courantes : stop a fight, stop the bleeding, stop the machine

cesser, s’arrêter

Arriver à sa fin et ne plus continuer.

En anglais simple : To come to an end and no longer continue.

• The rain has stopped.
• The noise stopped when we closed the window.
• Has the bleeding stopped yet?

Synonymes : end, cease

Contraires : continue, start

Expressions courantes : stop completely, stop suddenly, stop eventually

arrêt

Endroit où les voyageurs montent dans un bus, un tramway ou un autre véhicule, ou en descendent.

En anglais simple : A place where a bus, tram, or other vehicle lets people get on or off.

• I am waiting at the bus stop.
• Get off at the next stop.
• There are three stops before the hospital.

Expressions courantes : bus stop, tram stop, next stop

arrêt, halte

Courte pause pendant un voyage, où l’on reste à un endroit.

En anglais simple : A short break during a journey when you stay in one place.

• We made a stop for lunch.
• The trip included two short stops.
• Our next stop lasted half an hour.

Synonymes : break, pause, halt

Expressions courantes : make a stop, brief stop, coffee stop

butée, cale

Pièce qui empêche un objet de bouger au-delà d’un certain point.

En anglais simple : A piece that prevents something from moving beyond a certain point.

• A rubber stop keeps the door open.
• The stops prevent the drawers from sliding out.
• He fitted a metal stop behind the gate.

Synonymes : stopper

Expressions courantes : door stop, rubber stop, adjustable stop