Translation
to hinder, to prevent, to get in the way of
Examples
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Do not stop me from working.
vojaĝon.
The rain hindered our journey.
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He wanted to speak, but something got in his way.
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A big stone blocked the road.
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Nothing will stop her from reaching her goal.
normally takes and a person, but its - twin does not: takes a plain direct object. You hinder somebody, so , and the thing they were prevented from doing follows as a bare infinitive with no preposition at all. English wants prevent me from working and learners duly write , which is wrong.
o is the obstacle, and senhelpa is helpless, from the other side of the root.
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