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Significados de showstopper em inglês

An act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down.

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Examples for "stopper"
Examples for "stopper"
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The South African
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Another says, I was surprised by how well this draft stopper works.
NY Magazine
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Not infrequently one end of the handle terminated in a tobacco stopper.
Chats on Household Curios
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The seaman stationed at the stopper obeyed, and down went the anchor.
The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
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And he filled the bottle with water and put back the stopper.
Seven O'Clock Stories
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I don't see it as a show-stopper … you can manage it.
Radio NZ
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Norma Gigaba has been an absolute show-stopper over the years.
The South African
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Each week they are given three challenges: a signature bake, a technical challenge, and a show-stopper.
BBC
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Tipping the scales at just 695 kilograms, the latest VW show-stopper would make Colin Chapman proud.
Wired
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Exuding both traits is a hometown show-stopper, the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Corvette from General Motors Corp.
Reuters
Uso de showstopper em inglês
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One showstopper after another got people talking about what he had done.
Ebony
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When we tried this, it didn't work, but it wasn't a showstopper.
Mac os x for unix geeks
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People couldn't get over the beaded sleeve, it was definitely a showstopper.
The South African
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Could Luis's eye for bold design steal it during the final showstopper?
The Guardian
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But other researchers don't necessarily think the cancer risk is a showstopper.
Wired
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The showstopper turns around and is floored by the Big Red Machine.
The South African
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There's still a lot of uncertainty, but nothing that's a showstopper, McKay said.
Reuters
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The food -namely the seafood -is the real showstopper.
News.com.au
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But it's Boyle's showstopper for which this production will be remembered.
The Irish Times
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Tell that moron sitting in front of you to put the showstopper away.
Lockdown
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But the real showstopper was the statue in the center of the Great Room.
The red pyramid
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You can't turn down a primo showstopper at a broadcast event like the debate.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
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In the choreography of their romance, this was a showstopper.
News.com.au
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Her tender ballad Over the Sea was a showstopper.
The Guardian
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The album track Something in the Water, from 1982, is transformed into an epic showstopper.
The Guardian
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That requirement was a showstopper for Oshkosh's TerraMax yesterday.
Wired
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