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Zeig Heil!! Товарищ!!!
99.9% of everything that was ever invented was done by people who use their hands and not their mouths! Ever hear of the wheel? Start there and work your way up.
As the...

cost = use = expend = exert = reach = obtain = anything that requires effort...it's all the same concept.

Every thought and concept conceivable to humans could probably be expressed with a...

Here's another example of the same construction from the same author:

"Однако стоило им сделать несколько шагов, как комнату внезапно залил яркий свет."

This is easy translated into English as:...

With the help of the replies I would now say the closest definition of "стоило" in this context is "worth"; but I would translate not use "worth" but instead translate the phrase into English as: But...

Но стоило им подойти к лестнице, ведущей на третий этаж...

How would you translate into English the word "стоило";
the standard definitions of "cost, worth, deserve" just do not seem to fit in...