Rest I Stop People Period Noun Throw Country

• take what you want and throw the rest away.
• the country enjoys friendly relations with the rest of the world.
• how would you like to spend the rest of the day?
• i'm not doing this job for the rest of my life.

rest

1. the part of something that remains
• Take what you want and throw the rest away.
• The country enjoys friendly relations with the rest of the world.
• How would you like to spend the rest of the day?
• I'm not doing this job for the rest of my life.
2. the people or things that remain; the others
• The first question was difficult, but the rest were pretty easy.
• Don't blame Alex. He's human, like the rest of us.
3. a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of activity
• SEE ALSO bed rest
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bed-rest
• I had a good night's rest.
• We stopped for a well-earned rest.
• to have/take a rest from all your hard work
• Try to get some rest—you have a busy day tomorrow.
• There are no matches tomorrow, which is a rest day, but the tournament resumes on Monday.

Extra Examples

• Get some rest while you can.
• Her heart would find no rest until she knew the truth.
• I apologize for disturbing your rest.
• I had a good long rest before the party.
• I need my beauty rest.
• I was hospitalized many times and put on bed rest for six months.
• The body requires a healthy diet and adequate rest.
• The doctor advised him to take a complete rest from football.
• You need a rest from all your hard work.
4. an object that is used to support or hold something
• an armrest (= for example on a seat or chair)
5. a period of silence between notes; a sign that shows a rest between notes
6. used at the end of a list to mean everything else that you might expect to be on the list
• He wants a big house and an expensive car and all the rest of it.
7. used to say that the actual amount or number of something is much higher than somebody has stated
• ‘It cost 250 pounds…’ ‘And the rest, and the rest!’
8. not moving
• At rest the insect looks like a dead leaf.
9. dead and therefore free from trouble or worry. People say ‘at rest’ to avoid saying ‘dead’.
• She now lies at rest in the churchyard.
10. to stop moving
• The car crashed through the barrier and came to rest in a field.
• His eyes came to rest on Clara's face.
• The ball rolled down the hill and came to rest against a tree.
11. apart from that; considering other matters
• The book has some interesting passages about the author's childhood. For the rest, it is extremely dull.
12. used to tell somebody to stop talking about something because they are annoying you
• Give it a rest! You’ve been complaining all day.
13. to stop doing something for a while
14. to bury somebody. People say ‘to lay somebody to rest’ to avoid saying ‘to bury’ somebody.
• George was laid to rest beside his parents.
15. to stop something by showing it is not true
• The announcement finally laid all the speculation about their future to rest.
16. used when somebody is complaining that they have a lot of work to do
17. to do or say something to make somebody stop worrying about something
• SYNONYM reassure
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/reassure
18. used when you are telling a story to say that you do not need to tell the end of it, because everyone knows it already

Word Origin

• noun senses 3 to 5 Old English ræst, rest (noun), ræstan, restan (verb), of Germanic origin, from a root meaning ‘league’ or ‘mile’ (referring to a distance after which one rests). noun senses 1 to 2 late Middle English: from Old French reste (noun), rester (verb), from Latin restare ‘remain’, from re- ‘back’ + stare ‘to stand’.