What if you are so angry at your child that you are ready to strike him and you cannot find the restraint to use your STOP gesture?

那如果你此刻在你孩子的面前已经怒不可言，这时你发现你根本无法控制自己情绪也无法作出“停止”手势时，你该怎么办呢？

youdao

You want to catch her with her guard down and that requires that she stop sizing you up when you strike up a conversation.

你想使她放松警惕抓住她。 那就要求你去搭讪时，她停止品评你。

youdao

I will take a little water each day to prolong the hunger strike until my friends come back, but the deadline is 21 April and, if our demands have not been met by then, I will stop even taking water.

为了能等到我的朋友回来，我将每天喝少量的水，以延长绝食。但最后期限是4月21日，如果我们的要求到那时还没有得到满足，我将停止饮水。

youdao

Do you know that? We saw her on Monday,". "We asked her to stop it and she said she will think it over, but last night she stopped her hunger strike.

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