stumble

1. (intransitive)To misstep; to walk or run clumsily; to trip or fall.

   He stumbled over a rock.

   Last night, you drunkenly stumbled to the front door, waking up the whole house.

   stolpern, staksen

   спотыка́тьсяspotykátʹsja, оступа́тьсяostupátʹsja

   спотика́тисяspotykátysja, спіткнутисяspitknutysja, спотикнутисяspotyknutysja

2. (intransitive)To make mistakes, to have trouble.

   I always stumble over verbs in Spanish.

   ошиба́тьсяošibátʹsja, оступа́тьсяostupátʹsja

   make an error

3. (transitive)To cause to stumble or trip.

4. (transitive)To mislead, to cause to err or fall.

5. (intransitive)To make a discovery unexpectedly or accidentally; to chance, come, or happen (upon a person or thing) (with onto, across, on, upon).

   We stumbled onto the answer without even trying.

1. Tom stumbled and fell.

   Том спіткнувся та впав.

   ruТом споткнулся и упал.

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2. Tom stumbled out into the street.

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3. I saw Tom stumble and fall.

   ruЯ видел, как Том споткнулся и упал.

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4. We stumbled around in the dark.

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5. Tom stumbled over something on the floor.

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regular · Lesson

• stumble onнаштовхуватися, наштовхнутисяUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stumble, on.
• stumble intoTo begin a course of action by accident, while intending to do something else.
• stumble acrossTo discover or find (something) by accident.
• stumble againstTo discover or find accidentally.