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Aggiornato il 15 ago 2018

11 mar 2018

Domande Inglese (Stati Uniti)

Che cosa significa keep ?

Risposte

1. (to retain)

a. guardar

I decided to keep his letters as a memento.
(Decidí guardar sus cartas como recuerdo.)

b. quedarse con

Keep the change.
(Quédese con el cambio.)

c. tener

Sorry, we do not keep forgotten mail.
(Lo siento, ya no tenemos correo olvidado.)

2. (to put aside)

a. guardar

I keep the meat in the fridge.
(Guardo la carne en la nevera.)

b. tener

I keep a cell charger in my car.
(Tengo una cargadora para el celular en el carro.)

c. conservar

Keep the bread in a plastic bag to make it last.
(Conserva el pan en una bolsa de plástico para que dure.)

3. (to detain)

a. tener

The police are keeping her under house arrest.
(La policía la tiene bajo arresto domiciliario.)

4. (to have)

a. tener

My uncle keeps a well-stocked library.
(Mi tío tiene una biblioteca bien surtida.)

b. criar

The farmer keeps a flock of sheep on his farm.
(El granjero cría un rebaño de ovejas en su granja.)

5. (to maintain)

a. llevar

I like to keep records of all our investments.
(Me gusta llevar la cuenta de todas nuestras inversiones.)

b. escribir

The accountant keeps all the costs of the company in a document.
(El contable escribe en un documento todos los costos de la compañía.)

6. (to delay)

a. entretener

I don't want to keep you, but I really need to discuss this with you.
(No te quiero entretener, pero en verdad necesito discutir esto contigo.)

7. (to fulfill or honour)

a. cumplir

The president didn't keep her promise of prioritizing economic development.
(La presidenta no cumplió su promesa de priorizar el desarrollo económico.)

Utente esperto

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