RESTRAIN

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restrain verb A. tranzitiv

1. a reţine, a împiedica, a opri;

to restrain production a frâna producţia;

to restrain smb.’s activities a împiedica / a jena activitatea cuiva.

2. a deţine, a ţine închis;

mad people have to be restrained nebunii trebuie închişi/ izolaţi.

3. a-şi stăpâni, a-şi înfrâna, a-şi înăbuşi, a-şi reţine (mânia, lacrimile, curiozitatea etc.); a-şi ţine (gura).

restrain verb B. reflexiv

a se stăpâni.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Jo wanted to laugh, but restrained herself and said warmly, for she too, was getting excited with all this, Don't swear, Teddy!

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

"Not too much at first—restrain her," said the brother; "she has had enough."

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Angry as she was, the thought of the moment made her resolve to restrain herself when she did speak.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

I understood the whole argument of that firm, restraining grip—that it was no affair of ours, that justice had overtaken a villain, that we had our own duties and our own objects, which were not to be lost sight of.

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

I could not restrain my eye from resting for an instant on a red spot upon it; but it was not so red as I turned, when I met that sinister expression in his face.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

But with this approach to his name ended all possibility of restraining her feelings; and, hiding her face as well as she could with her handkerchief, she darted across the hall, jumped into the chaise, and in a moment was driven from the door.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

She restrained herself, however, from any of the reproofs she could have given, and only thanked Mrs. Elton coolly; but their going to Bath was quite out of the question; and she was not perfectly convinced that the place might suit her better than her father.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Knowing that this state must pass, before we could speak to her with any hope, I ventured to restrain him when he would have raised her, and we stood by in silence until she became more tranquil.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Have I not reason to fear that if the gentleman who spoke to you just now were to return, or if any other gentleman were to address you, there would be nothing to restrain you from conversing with him as long as you chose?

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

They went into the parlour my mother had come from, the fire in the best room on the other side of the passage not being lighted—not having been lighted, indeed, since my father's funeral; and when they were both seated, and Miss Betsey said nothing, my mother, after vainly trying to restrain herself, began to cry.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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