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останавливаться на полуслове

to stop short, to stop in the middle of a sentence

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Я снова забыла об осторожности, но, услышав какой-то шорох, остановилась на полуслове и резко обернулась.
I was again paying no attention to where we were going, so the slight scuffle in the alley made me stop midstride and whirl.
Сэйнткроу, Лилит / Контракт с дьяволомSaintcrow, Lilith / Working for the Devil
Working for the Devil
Saintcrow, Lilith
© 2005 by Lilith Saintcrow
Контракт с дьяволом
Сэйнткроу, Лилит
© 2005 by Lilith Saintcrow
© Перевод, С. Теремязева, 2009
© Издание на руском языке, ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
Проповедник от удивления остановился на полуслове, когда необузданный юноша молнией промелькнул перед ним, бросив на него убийственный, испепеляющий взгляд.
The preacher was surprised into a sudden pause, while the fiery youth shot across him like a flash of lightning, regarding him as he passed, as if he had wished to dart from his eyes the same power of blighting and of consuming.
Скотт, Вальтер / АббатScott, Walter / The Abbot
The Abbot
Scott, Walter
© The University Court of the University of Edinburgh 2000
Аббат
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1963

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останавливаться на полуслове
to stop short; to stop in the middle of a sentence

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