stop, look, and listen

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to exercise caution, especially at street corners and railroad crossings, by stopping, looking to the left and to the right, and listening for approaching vehicles or a train. Sally's mother trained her to stop, look, and listen at every street corner. It is a good practice to stop, look, and listen at a railroad crossing.

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The theme for the conference was "Children: Stop, Look, and Listen," emphasizing that we should be creating safe learning and teaching environments for children. West Tennessee ACEI Chapter: 2008 Fall Conference by Clifford, Anna / Childhood Education Byline: TOM PEY DURING National Road Safety Week, Guide Dogs is asking local authorities to listen to the traditional road safety message that we are taught from childhood of Stop, Look, and Listen - but it has a twist Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Making sure the blind are safe; REMEMBER WHEN by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) Do you always try to stop, look, and listen to your students before you begin to tell them what to do? Helpful hints for teachers who wish to help their students to excel by Dopp, Austin / Journal of Instructional Psychology			stoop over stoop to stoop to doing stop stop at stop at nothing stop behind stop by stop cold stop dead in tracks stop for stop from doing stop in tracks stop off stop on stop on a dime stop one dead in tracks stop over stop short stop short of stop short of a place stop short of doing stop the music stop the rot stop up stop, look, and listen storage store store away store in store up stork storm storm around storm at storm in storm is brewing storm out story stow away straddle the fence straight straight as an arrow straight dope straight face straight from the shoulder straight low straight man straight out straight shooter straight talk			Stop Union Political Abuse stop up stop up stop up Stop US Tax-Funded Aid to Israel Now Stop Using My Brain Stop valve Stop valve Stop valve stop valves stop valves Stop Véhicules Occasion Stop Walking on Eggshells Stop Wasting America's Money on Privatization Stop Wasting My Time Stop Wasting Your Time Stop watch Stop watch Stop word Stop words Stop words stop work Stop Work Notice Stop Work Order Stop Working on Everything Else Time Stop Your Ears My Son Stop, Drop & Roll Stop, Drop and Roll Stop, drop, and roll Stop, Drop, Roll stop, look, and listen Stop, Look, Listen, Smell Stop, Question and Frisk Stop, Take a Breath, Observe, Proceed Stop, Talk, Observe, Prevent Stop, Think, Act & Review Stop, Think, Assess and Respond Stop, Think, Observe, and Plan Stop, Think, Plan, Act Stop,Think, Observe, Plan, Proceed Stop-action Stop-action animation stop-and-check valve stop-and-check valve stop-and-go Stop-and-Go Queuing stop-and-go tactic Stop-and-Go Tactics Stop-And-Wait stop-and-waste cock Stop-codon Stop-codon Stop-codon Stop-Control-Connection-Notification Stop-Cylinder Press STOP-DUB stop-frame Stop-frame animation

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