stall
/stɔl/ sustantivo C2En español: entrada en pérdida
- An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay. · His encounters with security, reception, the secretary, and the assistant were all stalls until the general manager's attorney arrived.
- Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.
Plural stalls
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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A BULL was striving with all his might to squeeze himself through a narrow passage which led to his stall.
The Ass, as he returned to his stall beaten nearly to death, thus lamented: “I have brought it all on myself!
## The Stag in the Ox-Stall
“Yes,” said the Horse; “if any remains out of what I am now eating I will give it you for the sake of my own superior dignity, and if you will come when I reach my own stall in the evening, I will give you a little sack full of barley.” The Ass replied, “Thank you.
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