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- 'Retire' refers to stopping work or business, often due to age or financial stability, and can also mean going to bed.
- The act of retiring can be voluntary or can be decided by others, as seen when Roberto Clemente's jersey number was retired.
- As an adjective, 'retiring' describes someone who is shy and introverted, as illustrated by a new student who barely spoke.
- 'Halt' is commonly used as a command to stop, especially in military contexts, and can be initiated by declaring a halt.
- Phrases like 'grind to a halt' imply a gradual stop, whereas 'shudder to a halt' indicates a sudden stop, exemplified by traffic and train scenarios.
Retire
Retire means to stop working or stop doing business. Usually, this means that someone has aged to the point where they want to stop working or that he or she has already made a fortune. You can retire, or you or something else can be retired by someone else.
Zelda had worked as a welder for more than forty years, and she had enjoyed every minute of it. But now that she was turning seventy, she decided that it was time to hang up her welding mask.
After the baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash, his team decided to retire his jersey number, so that no other players on the team would ever wear the number twenty one.
Retiring, as a verb, can also mean going to bed, but as an adjective, it means shy and introverted.
Malcolm yawned and told us that he would be retiring shortly, since he had to get up for work very early the next morning. We all wished him a good night.
It was hard to get a fix on this new student, since she was so shy and retiring. She barely spoke at all for the first month she was in my class. It took a long time to get her to join in.
Halt
Halt means stop or cause to stop. Often, it is thought of as a military command, since when a sergeant wants his men to stop marching, he shouts "Halt!" If you decide that it is time for something to stop, you can say that you called a halt.
Private Pyle ended up having to do fifty push ups in front of the rest of the platoon because he didn't stop quickly enough when Sergeant Carter told the men to halt.
After it had been raining for almost twenty minutes with no signs of stopping, the officials decided to call a halt to the athletics meeting, and rescheduled it for another day.
Grind to a halt is an expression that means there is a slow down before stopping, but shudder to a halt means a very sudden stop.
Traffic grew thicker and thicker on the highway as our speed grew slower and slower, until eventually we ground to a halt. Every car, as far as the eye could see, was stationary.
The train wasn't going very fast, so when Marco pulled the emergency brake cord, it shuddered to a halt, knocking any standing passengers off of their feet.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Qué significa "retire" en el contexto laboral?
- ¿Cómo se utiliza "retire" en el ámbito deportivo?
- ¿Qué implica la expresión "grind to a halt"?
- ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre "grind to a halt" y "shudder to a halt"?
"Retire" significa dejar de trabajar o hacer negocios, generalmente porque alguien ha alcanzado una edad en la que desea dejar de trabajar o ya ha acumulado una fortuna.
En el ámbito deportivo, "retire" se utiliza para indicar que un equipo decide retirar el número de camiseta de un jugador, como homenaje, para que ningún otro jugador del equipo use ese número.
La expresión "grind to a halt" implica una desaceleración gradual hasta detenerse por completo, como se describe en el ejemplo del tráfico en la carretera.
"Grind to a halt" se refiere a una desaceleración gradual antes de detenerse, mientras que "shudder to a halt" implica una parada muy repentina, como cuando el tren se detiene bruscamente al tirar del freno de emergencia.
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