Толковый словарь английского языка - stumble
Stumble
stumble
I. verb (~d; stumbling) Etymology: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect stumle to ~ Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to fall into sin or waywardness, to make an error ; blunder , to come to an obstacle to belief, to trip in walking or running, 3. to walk unsteadily or clumsily, to speak or act in a hesitant or faltering manner, 4. to come unexpectedly or by chance , to fall or move carelessly, transitive verb to cause to ~ ; trip , bewilder , confound , ~r noun stumblingly adverb II. noun Date: 1547 an act or instance of stumbling
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. lurch forward or have a partial fall from catching or striking or misplacing one's foot. 2 intr. (often foll. by along) walk with repeated stumbles. 3 intr. make a mistake or repeated mistakes in speaking etc. 4 intr. (foll. by on, upon, across) find or encounter by chance (stumbled on a disused well). --n. an act of stumbling. Phrases and idioms stumbling-block an obstacle or circumstance causing difficulty or hesitation. Derivatives stumbler n. stumblingly adv. Etymology: ME stumble (with euphonic b) corresp. to Norw. stumla: rel. to STAMMER ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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