| VERB | motion | stand still | remain in place |
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| Meaning | Remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Narrower | freeze, stop dead | stop moving or become immobilized |
| grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire | Be unable to move further | |
| Opposite | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | estar inmóvil, quedarse quieto | |
| Nouns | standstill | a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible |
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