I.
noun
1 stopping or staying
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪ brief , short
▪ overnight
▪ abrupt , sharp , sudden
▪ emergency
▪ scheduled , unscheduled
▪ bathroom ( esp. AmE ), toilet ( BrE )
▪ fuel , lunch , refuelling/refueling , rest , etc.
▪ pit
▪
The cars made two pit ~s during the race.
▪
We made a pit ~ to buy a bottle of water. ( AmE , figurative )
▪ campaign ( AmE )
▪
Cheney is making a campaign ~ in Lubbock, Texas.
▪ traffic ( AmE )
▪
The police found the drugs during a routine traffic ~.
VERB + STOP
▪ have , make
▪
We had a lunch ~ at Timperley.
STOP + NOUN
▪ light , sign
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ at
▪
There will be a ~ at Aboyne.
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for refreshments
PHRASES
▪ bring sth to a ~
▪
She brought the car to an abrupt ~.
▪ come, draw, pull, slow, etc. to a ~
▪
The truck came to a sudden ~.
▪
At lunchtime everything comes to a complete ~.
▪
The cab pulled to a ~.
▪ put a ~ to sth
▪
to put a ~ to all the arguments
2 for a bus, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ bus , subway ( AmE ), tram , tube ( BrE )
▪ request ( BrE )
▪
My nearest bus ~ has been downgraded to a request ~.
VERB + STOP
▪ get off at
▪ miss
▪
We were chatting and missed our ~.
▪ reach
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
We dropped the kids off at the bus ~.
▪ between ~s
▪
You're not allowed to get off between ~s.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ abruptly , dead , immediately , in sb's tracks , short , suddenly
▪
Suddenly he stopped dead: what was he doing?
▪
The question stopped Alice dead in her tracks.
▪ altogether , completely
▪
The sobs came less frequently, then stopped altogether.
▪ for a moment , momentarily , temporarily
▪ never
▪
That phone never ~s ringing!
VERB + STOP
▪ can
▪
He couldn't ~ thinking about her.
▪ try to
▪ be going to
▪
When is the violence going to ~?
▪ want (sb/sth) to
▪
I was enjoying myself so much I didn't want to ~.
▪ have to , must , need to
▪
We need to ~ making excuses.
▪
He's dangerous and needs to be stopped.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
They tried to ~ me from leaving.
PHRASES
▪ know how to ~ , know when to ~
▪
He never knows when to ~.
Stop is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bombardment , ↑ bus , ↑ cab , ↑ car , ↑ clock , ↑ conversation , ↑ elevator , ↑ engine , ↑ fighting , ↑ footstep , ↑ heart , ↑ pain , ↑ period , ↑ policeman , ↑ rain , ↑ referee , ↑ spasm , ↑ traffic , ↑ train , ↑ tram , ↑ watch
Stop is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ abuse , ↑ activity , ↑ advance , ↑ attack , ↑ ball , ↑ bleeding , ↑ bloodshed , ↑ bombardment , ↑ car , ↑ cassette , ↑ charade , ↑ cheque , ↑ clock , ↑ closure , ↑ corruption , ↑ crime , ↑ cycle , ↑ decay , ↑ decline , ↑ destruction , ↑ deterioration , ↑ discrimination , ↑ drinking , ↑ ear , ↑ execution , ↑ expansion , ↑ export , ↑ fight , ↑ fighting , ↑ flow , ↑ funding , ↑ haemorrhage , ↑ immigration , ↑ import , ↑ industrial action , ↑ infiltration , ↑ injustice , ↑ insanity , ↑ killer , ↑ killing , ↑ leak , ↑ machine , ↑ march , ↑ medication , ↑ misuse , ↑ movement , ↑ nonsense , ↑ onslaught , ↑ pain , ↑ payment , ↑ play , ↑ practice , ↑ proceedings , ↑ production , ↑ progress , ↑ publication , ↑ reaction , ↑ riot , ↑ sale , ↑ shipment , ↑ slaughter , ↑ slide , ↑ smoking , ↑ spiral , ↑ spread , ↑ suffering , ↑ supply , ↑ tape , ↑ tear , ↑ terror , ↑ terrorism , ↑ traffic , ↑ train , ↑ trial , ↑ vandal , ↑ vandalism , ↑ violence , ↑ wedding , ↑ work