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Pronúncia: rɛst
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noun
- [repose] descans, repòs.
- figurative pau.
- day of rest dia de descans, lleure.
- [as calendar item] dia festiu.
- [of insect, etc.] posar-se, parar-se.
- [of the dead] repòs etern.
- to be at rest estar en repòs, descansar.
- to come to rest [vehicle] parar-se, deturar-se.
- (idem) [machine] parar-se.
- to (go \ retire) to (one's) rest anar-se'n al llit.
- to have a 10 minute rest descansar 10 minuts.
- to have a good night's rest passar bona nit, descansar profundament.
- to lay someone to rest enterrar algú.
- to set a question at rest solucionar un problema.
- to set someone's mind at rest tranquil·litzar algú.
- to take a rest descansar, descansar una estona.
- Music silenci, pausa.
- [support] suport, recolzador. transitive verb
- descansar, deixar descansar.
- to rest one's men deixar descansar els homes.
- horses have to be rested cal deixar descansar els cavalls.
- these colours rest your eyes aquests colors descansen la vista.
- God rest his soul! que Déu el tingui a la glòria!
- [support] descansar, recolzar (against contra (on a, sobre).
- rest your head on the pillow posa el cap sobre el coixí.
- rest the ladder against the wall posa l'escala que recolzi sobre la paret.
- she rested her eyes on the picture va clavar la vista sobre el quadre.
- to rest one's case acabar l'exposició d'arguments. intransitive verb
- [repose] descansar (from de), reposar.
- he never rests mai no descansa.
- he will not rest until he has succeeded no descansarà fins que hi haurà reeixit.
- let us rest here a little while descansem aquí una mica.
- the waves never rest les onades estan sempre en moviment.
- [stop] parar-se, deturar-se.
- where my caravan has rested on el meu carro s'ha deturat.
- to be resting Theatre euphemism estar sense feina.
- may he rest in peace en pau descansi.
- to rest in the Lord encomanar-se a Déu.
- and there the matter rests aquí a terra deixo el gec, ja s'ho faran.
- we cannot let the matter rest there no podem deixar les coses en aquest punt, no podem deixar les coses per resoldre.
- to rest on [perch] posar-se.
- (idem) [be supported] (descansar \ recolzar) sobre, recolzar-se sobre.
- (idem) figurative basar-se en.
- her arm rested on my chair recolzava el braç a la meva cadira.
- her head rested on her hand s'aguantava el cap amb la mà.
- the case rests on the following facts el cas recolzava sobre els fets següents.
- his eye rested on me va clavar la vista sobre mi.
- a heavy responsibility rests on him una feixuga responsabilitat l'aclapara.
- please rest assured that... tingues la seguretat que...
- to rest with dependre de.
- it does not rest with me no depèn de mi.
- the authority rests with him en ell resideix l'autoritat.
- trade rests upon credit el comerç depèn dels crèdits.
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