stop short of sth/of doing sth

stop short of sth/of doing sthto be unwilling to do sth because it may involve a risk, but to nearly do it差一点儿没做某事；险些做出某事She stopped short of calling the president a liar.她差一点儿没指责总统说谎。

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• proceleusmatics
• audience ratings
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• amorphous solid
• top boot
• hold a brief for
• plutoniums
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• ophthalmectomy
• depropanizing
• scintillation counters
• air cavalryman
• tears of strong wine
• refinancings
• A.A.F.
• stereoselectives
• fatty acid-derived hormones
• histologic
• buffet about
• Catholicism
• Roche lobe
• by the strong hand/arm
• zygomycetess
• croziered
• clearstory
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• misconception
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• drone out
• Galileo
• symbolatry
• Moyen Age
• men in (grey) suits
• information contents
• unpinning
• feel like oneself
• good-humouredly
• examplar
• Conservative Judaism
• closed-end funds
• molecular paramagnetism
• v.w
• after the pattern
• healthy personality
• Paphians
• make (或 follow, take, strike) a beeline for
• reciprocal translocation
• pulkas
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• precipes
• live-box
• man-sized
• adventurest
• steady-state conduction
• english-canadians
• odd-jobber
• thanks a lot
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• feature film
• disability insurance
• red-neckeds
• dig your heels/toes in
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• gone at the knees
• be / fall hopelessly in love (with sb)
• immuno-compromised
• strike a match
• Hyginus, Saint
• dementia paralytica
• continue
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• roughly
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• effluents
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• meriting
• respiting
• under the influence (of alcohol / drink / drugs etc)
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• alter one's mind
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