restverb
sự nghỉ ngơi, lúc nghỉ, nghỉ, nghỉ ngơi
/rɛst/remaining part/people/things Related words and phrases
Idioms
and (all) the rest (of it)(informal)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. and the rest(informal)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!’ at rest(specialist)not moving
At rest the insect looks like a dead leaf.dead and therefore free from trouble or worry. People say ‘at rest’ to avoid saying ‘dead’.
She now lies at rest in the churchyard. come to restto 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. for the rest(British English, formal)apart from that; considering other matters
The book has some interesting passages about the author's childhood. For the rest, it is extremely dull. give it a rest(informal)used to tell somebody to stop talking about something because they are annoying you
Give it a rest! You’ve been complaining all day. give something a rest(informal)to stop doing something for a while
lay somebody to restto bury somebody. People say ‘to lay somebody to rest’ to avoid saying ‘to bury’ somebody.
George was laid to rest beside his parents. lay/put something to restto stop something by showing it is not true
The announcement finally laid all the speculation about their future to rest. (there’s) no peace/rest for the wicked(usually humorous)used when somebody is complaining that they have a lot of work to do
put/set somebody’s mind at ease/restto do or say something to make somebody stop worrying about something
the rest is historyused when you are telling a story to say that you do not need to tell the end of it, because everyone knows it already
