No. 14,259 in Russian
остановились
"Stopped" or "paused."
In a sentence
Мы остановились в гостинице возле вокзала.
We stayed at the hotel near the train station.
Here, 'остановились' is used to mean 'stayed' or 'stopped' in the sense of choosing a location to reside temporarily.
Наконец мы остановились и начали рассматривать карту.
Finally, we stopped and started looking at the map.
In this sentence, 'остановились' refers to the action of stopping movement to do something else.
Они остановились на этом варианте дизайна.
They settled on this design option.
Here, 'остановились' figuratively means 'decided' or 'chose' to focus on a specific option among many.
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