STUMBLE

1. n. 1. спотыкание; запинка; задержка 2. ложный шаг, ошибка 2. v. 1. спотыкаться, оступаться (тж. перен.) (over); Mind you don't stumble over these roots, they're difficult to see under these leaves. 2. запинаться; ошибаться (over); After stumbling over the introduction because of his nervousness, he delivered the rest of the speech smoothly; to stumble through a lesson - отвечать урок с запинками - stumble across - stumble along - stumble at - stumble upon Syn: stutter