"keep" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- "For some people, the pressure to keep back a few years of time has turned upkeep into a third career, after work and family."
- He smiled, keeping back the tears, to be strong for her.
- She had to fight to keep back the hysterical laughter building up inside her.
- The family have kept back a lot of material at the manor.
- So you had to keep back a pace, leave the tying to another.
- "You have to keep back a little to actually play well," he said.
- The American kept back the hot words that were ready upon the end of his tongue.
- She was finding it difficult to keep back the tears.
- The two boys kept back a little so that no one could see them.
- She wondered if it was needed to keep back the audience.
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