Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Rest"

A: rest on (one's) laurels To stop putting in effort, trying to innovate, or working to advance one's career or status and instead rely on one's past achievements or accolades to remain relevant or successful. I know your first novel was a smash success, but if you just rest on your laurels, you're going to fade into obscurity.

It comes from ancient Greece, where laurel leaf wreaths were symbols of victory and status. The symbol of the UN is the world surrounded by these leaves. So it means: since you were awarded your laurel leaves you have done nothing.

A: The original expression is “to rest on your laurels.” Laurel wreaths were crowns made from leaves and stems of the laurel tree - used in Ancient Greece to reward victories. Resting on your laurels means to become complacent: you’ve already succeeded so you don’t have to try any more. You’re “basking in the memories of your former glory.”

A: This phrase is typically used in a funny way, towards someone who is considered lazy. Saying “it must be nice to get a rest from all your rest” means what they were doing before is already considered resting or relaxing. So they don’t need to relax, because they were doing much to begin with. I hope this helps!!

A: It means what happened afterwards is so well known that there's no need to talk about it.

A: It means you arrived at your destination without talking to each other.

The rest of the... = the remaining balance of.....
In silence = not talking

Sorry if it’s not helpful enough

A: "mm___99 wanted to learn English. He asked for help on the HiNative website, and the rest is history." (This means that after asking for help on the website, you got onto a path that lead where you wanted to go, and you learned English very well)

Basically, by ending your speech by "the rest is history" you are saying that something has already happened, and you described the reasons why it happened, or what started the process.

"Peter wanted to lose weight. He joined Weight Watchers, and the rest is history." (Peter managed to lose weight)

"When she was nine years old, Mary found his father's book on BASIC programming and started reading it out of curiosity. The rest is history." (Mary is now a successful programmer in a big company)

A: This phrase means something like "Don't worry" 😄

(1) You can rest assured that your children are in good hands.
(2) You may rest assured that it will be ready on time.
(3) You may rest assured that everything possible is being done.
(4) You may rest assured that we will do all we can to find him.
(5) Rest assured, we will not stop until we have recovered every single one of the hostages.

You say this when you're confident that something will happen☺️

A: Por ejemplo, habrá una elección y hay cinco candidatos. Es claro que un candidato especifico ganará. Los cinco = "the pack", el individuo está "ahead of". Funciona con cualquier grupo. Por ejemplo, "Tengo veinte estudiantes de inglés, pero tebicap está ahead of the pack ... tiene un nivel superior".

A: He was tired, so he told his family he would go rest.
The pen rest on the table after being used.
“Get some rest!”
“Rest it right there.”

A: Rest assured, I will do what you asked me.
I can rest assured she will keep her promise.

A: He spends a couple of hours each morning studying. The rest of the time, he's at baseball practice.

There's only so much time left before we have to go home.

A: sleep means actually closing your eyes and becoming unconscious whereas rest can also mean simple sitting because u r tired

A: Get rest - this means that you or someone else needs to just stop and relax, like taking a nap or getting some sleep. Sometimes when two people leave each other for the night, they’ll say “Get some rest! I’ll see you in the morning.”

Take a rest - this isn’t really used 🤔 instead, people will more often say: “take a break”. This means to stop whatever they’re doing, and maybe rest. It differs from “get rest” because it doesn’t strongly imply resting up, like sleeping for example. A student may take a break from their studying, or a couple may take a break, which means that they break up for a little bit.

A: yes, I know I use it like that

A: A rest stop is a place where drivers can get out of the car and walk around a bit, go to the bathroom, sit on a bench and rest. There may be food-usually just things from a machine. Usually, the state government is in charge of a rest stop.
A truck stop is much larger and is a commercial business. It is primarily used by "18 wheelers"-the large commercial trucks that haul goods on the roads. At a truck stop, you can get gasoline or diesel fuel, there is a restaurant and showers, and a store for snacks and daily things you might need, like toothpaste, towels or batteries. Regular drivers stop at truck stops because the fuel is less expensive and the food is very good.

A: mhm, sounds natural 👌 just the "it sounds natural?" part, there should be "does this sound natural?". 😆

A: I presume this is a recipe, as it is written in the imperative tense.
it merely means to tip the ingredients you haven't yet used,into the mixing bowl or whatever holds the other ingredients and stir until they are mixed in.

A: "you need to rest" would be fine. "You will feel better after resting" would probably be more natural than "after a rest". Good work!

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A: 「休憩を取る」は英語で「To take a break」でもいいです。「Break time」もいいです。

A: If you want the meaning to be “will you stop talking about this already” then yes.

A: × I'm bent on studying the rest of the afternoon.
✓ I'm bent on studying for the rest of the afternoon.

Compare:
I'm bent on studying for the rest of the afternoon. (Over a period of time)
I'm bent on studying all of chapter 2. (no preposition: studying some thing such as a book or notes...)

A: × While working on the rest of the "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" films, which were under contract to Winkler Films, Walt, angry that many of his employees wanted to leave him and move to Winkler's new studio to continue working on the Oswald series, worked hard with his most reliable and brilliant animator, Ub lwerks, to develop a new cartoon character and begin production on a new animated series starring it.
✓ While working on the rest of the "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" films, which he was contractually obligated to supply to Winkler Films, Walt grew angry that many of his employees wanted to move to Winkler's new studio to continue working on the Oswald series. In response, he worked hard with his most reliable and brilliant animator, Ub lwerks, to develop a new cartoon character and begin production on a new animated series starring it.

× After a sales effort, a one-year contract was signed with a distributor to distribute the Mickey Mouse films.
✓ After a sales effort, a one-year contract was signed with Pat Powers to distribute the Mickey Mouse films.

× When the one-year contract expired, instead of extending the contract with Disney Studios, the distributor offered Iwerks favorable terms to take him away from Walt and provide him with a new studio.
✓ When the one-year contract expired, rather than renewing it with with Disney, Powers offered Iwerks favorable terms to take him away from Walt and provide him with a new studio.

× Iwerks developed a new character that could compete with Mickey Mouse and made a series of films starring it, but after several years of financial difficulties, his studio ceased operations.
✓ Iwerks developed a new character in order to compete with Mickey Mouse and made a series of films starring it, but after several years of financial difficulties, his studio ceased operations.

× Walt lost Iwerks, but he had many animators trained.
✓ Walt lost Iwerks, but soon had many animators trained to replace him.

× In addition to the Mickey Mouse series, he pursued his artistic ambitions by making a series of animated musicals called Silly Symphonies and became one of the most prominent figures in Hollywood animation.
✓ In addition to the Mickey Mouse series, he furthered his artistic ambitions by making a series of animated musicals called Silly Symphonies and became one of the most prominent figures in Hollywood animation.

× This award was a guarantee that Mickey belonged to Walt, although I don't know if the members of the Academy at the time thought so.
✓ This award became a guarantee that Mickey belonged to Walt, although I don't know if the members of the Academy at the time thought so.

I added a lot of details to the first sentence that I *understand* to be correct, but you are the expert, not me! I am not 100% sure it is accurate for me to have written "contractually obligated to supply"

A: rest of us = designate the remaining people, yourself/us being part of that group
Us - pronoun - used by a speaker to refer to himself/herself and one or more other people.

A: × I hope you will have fantastic rest of the year and a happy new year!
✓ I hope you have a fantastic rest of the year and a happy 2022!

In English we tend to try not repeat the same word more than once in a sentence. Sometimes it's unavoidable but it makes you sound more natural if you can. So instead of saying 'year' twice, I would say this :)