"Stop dead in your tracks" = dừng chết trên đường đi -> nghĩa là bất ngờ/bất thình lình dừng lại hoặc ngừng làm việc.
Ví dụ
You make your way to work, but time and time again, everything you see has somehow turned green. As you pull up to your office, you pass by a reflection [hình phản chiếu] in the mirror, and you stop dead in your tracks youre wearing green sunglasses!
It is truly a work of literature [văn học], said Obermeyer. She [Lefteri] created a complex [phức tạp] structure, and there are phrases in this book that just absolutely make you want to stop dead in your tracks and cry theyre so beautiful.
So, accept that failure [thất bại] is waiting for you. Are you going to stop dead in your tracks because youre afraid to face it? Then youre not going to grow. Success and failure are a package deal take both, or take none.
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