Dicţionar englez-român

KEEPING

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Traducere în limba română

keeping substantiv

1. respectare (a unei promisiuni, a unei reguli etc.).

2. celebrare, sărbătorire.

3. întreţinere, îngrijire ( a unui drum, a unei grădini etc.).

4. ţinere; ducere;

(ec.) keeping of the books contabilitate.

5. creştere (a animalelor).

6. conservare, păstrare (a alimentelor);

a good keeping wine un vin care se păstrează bine.

7. stăpânire, posesiune.

8. pază;

to have smth. in one's keeping a avea ceva în pază / în păstrare;

in God's keeping în paza lui dumnezeu;

to be in smb.'s keeping a fi în paza cuiva.

in keeping with în acord / în armonie / în conformitate cu, potrivit cu;

the carpet is in keeping with the curtain covorul e în ton cu perdeaua;

his actions are in keeping with his character acţiunile lui sunt în armonie cu caracterul lui;

to be out of keeping with a nu fi în armonie cu, a nu se potrivi cu.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Thus he waited, keeping perfectly quiet.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

“A sister of yours, Mr. Copperfield?” she cried, after a pause, and still keeping the same look-out.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

But you are in God's keeping, and Godward should you ever look in danger and in trouble.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But really, Watson, I am keeping you up, and I might just as well tell you all this on our way to Aldershot to-morrow.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It took all my courage to hold to the wise resolution of keeping her out of our grim task.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

There is no particular reason for keeping a watch upon that book.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She follows him to town in hope of keeping him there, and tries to persuade you that he does not care about you.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

The average Antarctic sea ice extent for the year was 4.11 million square miles, the smallest annual average since record-keeping began in 1979.

(2017 was 3rd warmest year on record for the globe, NOAA)

Well, we must live and learn; and the next new friends you make I hope will be better worth keeping.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

See the consequence of keeping you company!

(Emma, de Jane Austen)




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