Dizionario Polacco - Inglese

powstrzymywać in inglese:

1. refrain

He could not refrain from smiling, though with a slight sense of guilt.

My physician advised me to refrain from alcohol for the time being.

We agreed to refrain from smoking while we are at work.

However, the contracting authority may refrain from requiring such certification for very low value contracts.

refrain from comment

Please fasten your seat belts, and kindly refrain from smoking.

Miss Tanaka! You are living with gentlemen house mates! Please refrain from being pantless!

Please refrain from posts that might encourage conflict.

Please refrain from making posts that disrupt this site's atmosphere.

I will not say play fair but I would wish that you refrain from indiscreet acts.

We call on the authorities to refrain from carrying out these punishments.

I cannot refrain from expressing my opinion about the affair.

People sharing a ride should refrain from conversation with other passengers.

Let's refrain from stabbing people with knives.

At this moment I must refrain from answering that question.

Inglese parola "powstrzymywać"(refrain) si verifica in set:

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Moja lekcjabh
frasial verbs

2. hold back

Bodyguards had to hold back the crowd as Madonna stepped out of the car.

Don't hold back!

The police were unable to hold back the crowd.

she couldn't hold back her tears

Don't hold back; take the opportunity while it's there.

I was unable to hold back my tears.

Can you hold back that yawn?

Inglese parola "powstrzymywać"(hold back) si verifica in set:

New Matura Success Upper Intermediate, Unit 8
Phrasal verbs part one
New Matura Success Unit 8
czasowniki frazowe
Adele-, Someone Like You"

3. stem

Those flowers have very short stems.

He dropped his wineglass and broke its stem.

A rose has thorns on its stem.

Scientists are fighting to stem the spread of the AIDS virus.

He stemmed me from saying that. This problem stems from your lack of trust.

The plant has an underground stem.

decimating to stem this contusion

You should always hold the wine glass by the stem.

Unless the spread of the disease is stemmed thousands may die.

a stem is the long thin part of a plant that a flower grows on. If something stems from something else, it has that other thing as its origin

Cut a centimetre off the bottom of the stems before you put roses in water.

The wine glass broke at the stem.

A stem of this flower is very poisonous. My dog ate it year ago and died after thirty minutes.

Remove all the stems before you eat the fruit.

Which schools stem from Buddhist thought?

Inglese parola "powstrzymywać"(stem) si verifica in set:

Moje słówka angielskie (28)

4. restrain

I couldn't restrain a smile.

The prisoner had to be restrained by the police.

He was so funny at the party that I simply couldn't restrain my laughter.

It would seem that the Chinese can't restrain themselves from speaking English with me, even though they know that I speak Chinese and that I'm not English.

It is true that behavior cannot be legislated, and legislation cannot make you love me, but legislation can restrain you from lynching me, and I think that is kind of important.

I told Jim to restrain himself from drinking too much.

Before the horse race begins, the jockeys grip the reins tightly to restrain the impatient horses.

Mrs. Simpson, restrain yourself, or you'll be arrested.

Fractious cats can be difficult to restrain

We have to take advantage of this momentum and restrain the greed of the financial and banking sectors.

It was hard for her to restrain her emotions when she saw her sister for the first time in 20 years

We learn taht it's best to restrain our anger

She was so angry that she could hardly restrain herself.

Do not restrain them but use a blanket or clothing to protect their head from injury. Restraining them may cause injury to you or them.

Two police officers tried to restrain him, but he broke away and ran into a nearby house.

Inglese parola "powstrzymywać"(restrain) si verifica in set:

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5. hold something back

Inglese parola "powstrzymywać"(hold something back) si verifica in set:

czasowniki frazowe z dopełnieniem
czasowniki frazowe
cz. frazowe z dop.
Phrasal verb

6. deter

The rain didn’t deter people from coming to the game.

Rain failed to deter people on a 16 mile march

I deterred her from buying...

New security measures are being introduced to deter thieves.

deter people from entering the system without passwords

the trap deters inscts

‘only a health problem would deter him from seeking re-election’

I would accelarate my car to deter them

High prices are deterring many young people from buying houses.

Guard dogs deter potencial burglars

and the numbers show that laws don't deter people from using marijuana

The death penalty deters people from committing murder

It seemed that nothibg could deter the partisants fron their missiin to drive away the dictator

7. curb

What natural foods help curb the appetite?

A boy is taking his sweet time pushing the cart toward the curb.

The committee called on all nations to work side-by-side to curb air pollution.

The government should endeavor to curb inflation.

The car mounted the curb.

In order to curb the merciless overfishing, it is important to introduce a control and enforcement scheme.

Excessive reliance on monetary policy an attempt to curb inflation could unnecessarily constrain credit and hence business.

The mid-range estimate is more than three feet by the end of this century, depending on how much humans do to curb the production of greenhouse gases.

We have to curb our expenses or else we will go bankrupt.

I would like to stress that it is impossible to curb rising poverty in a year.

Obama spent a lot of time trying to curb gun violence, especially mass shootings.

This is the only way for us to curb the impact of climate change in future.

she promised she would curb her temper

A small black car was parked by the curb.

If you have any opinions concerning traffic calming devices (humps, curb extensions, etc.) please write them.