"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 • ...
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 • ...
1. largely retain = w dużej mierze zachowaj largely retain
4. retained indefinitely = zachowany na czas nieokreślony retained indefinitely
5. barely retain = ledwie zachowaj barely retain
  • Given the choice between coming home in disgrace barely retaining his own Duchy-and winning himself a Kingdom, it could have been an easy decision.
  • It wasn't close by; he could barely retain a sense of its presence.
  • I swung out again, barely retaining grip with both hands.
  • I barely retained the presence to wonder what had happened.
  • He would face Wright again for a third time, just barely retaining his seat.
  • Most people are barely retaining their sanity, let alone returning to work.
  • He remembered nothing about the last four months, and barely retained what he was told from one hour to the next.
  • The android was almost drained of energy, barely retaining enough to stay airborne.
  • He struck the logs of the bridge heavily, barely retaining his balance on the edge of the span.
  • Smith barely retained his seat as the at-large candidate, receiving the fourth largest number of votes.
6. nominally retain = nominalnie zachowaj nominally retain
7. simply retain = po prostu zachowaj simply retain
8. automatically retain = automatycznie zachowaj automatically retain
9. normally retain = zwykle zachowaj normally retain
10. fully retain = w pełni zachowaj fully retain
11. retain unchanged = zachowywać niezmieniony retain unchanged
12. simultaneously retain = jednocześnie zachowaj simultaneously retain
(3) generally, narrowly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
(5) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2

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