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• stumble — (v.) c.1300, to trip or miss one s footing (physically or morally), probably from a Scandinavian source (Cf. dialectal Norw. stumla, Swed. stambla to stumble ), probably from a variant of the P.Gmc. base *stam , source of O.E. stamerian to… …   Etymology dictionary

• stumble — verb (I) 1 to hit your foot against something or put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running, so that you almost fall: In her hurry she stumbled and spilled the milk all over the floor. (+ over/on): Vic stumbled over the step as …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• block — 1 noun (C) 1 SOLID MASS a solid mass of hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides (+ of): a block of ice 2 STREET/STREETS a) AmE the distance along a city street from where one street crosses it to the next: It s three blocks to the …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Block — 1. Auf einen Block gehört ein grosser Keil. 2. Ein knorrigen (krummen) Block soll man vngespalten lassen. – Lehmann, 56, 9. 3. Ist kein Block im Wege, da fällt man über einen Span. – Eiselein, 84; Simrock, 1155. Engl.: Stumble at a straw, and… …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

• stumble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. trip, stub one s toe; hobble, stagger, lumber; blunder, flounder, stammer; err, slip, backslide. See descent, agitation, error, stammering. stumbling block II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To move in a… …   English dictionary for students

• stumble — 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• stum|bling block — «STUHM blihng», 1. an obstacle; hindrance; impediment: »A big stumbling block preventing settlement was the union s demand for a cost of living escalator clause (Wall Street Journal). 2. something that makes a person stumble …   Useful english dictionary

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• Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …   Universalium

• trip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. journey, excursion, voyage; slip, error;slang, drug high. v. skip; stumble; offend, err; obstruct, halt. See leap, imagination, drugs. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A journey] Syn. voyage, excursion, tour;… …   English dictionary for students