"retain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

retain verbo

retain + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 192

retain control • retain power • retain ownership • retain one's name • retain one's seat • retain one's position • retain one's status • ...

verbo + retain

Kolokacji: 16

manage to retain • allow to retain • want to retain • try to retain • help retain • ...

Kolokacji: 5

Grup znaczeniowych: 4

Kolokacji: 6

1. manage to retain = daj sobie radę z zachowaniem manage to retain

2. defeat to retain = porażka zachować defeat to retain

3. fight to retain = walcz by zachować fight to retain

Those who have it now will fight to retain possession.
"Why is the state fighting so hard to retain this judge with all these problems?"
She is now fighting to retain custody of her two sons.
"Let's go to his room and wait for him," said Fleming, fighting to retain control of the situation.
She looked away from them for a moment, fighting to retain the last of her composure.
But we are fighting to retain order on this planet.
It is the system the owners want to change and the players are fighting to retain.
Departments are fighting just to retain their current budget lines, she said.
The West is fighting to retain control of oil & gas.
He fought to retain consciousness; to get to his feet.

4. struggle to retain = walka o zachowanie struggle to retain

5. fail to retain = nie potraf zachować fail to retain

6. win to retain = wygrywać zachować win to retain

(2) allow, help, favor, support

Kolokacji: 4

(3) want, wish, need

Kolokacji: 3

(4) try, decide, enable

Kolokacji: 3

retain + preposición

Kolokacji: 33

retain until • retain by • retain under • retain despite • retain for • ...

retain + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 23

successfully retain • largely retain • initially retain • generally retain • somehow retain • ...

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