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1 keep somebody in the picture
держать в курсеI'll be counting on you to keep me in the picture while I'm away.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > keep somebody in the picture
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2 keep somebody in the dark
держать в неведенииThey kept me in the dark about their plans.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > keep somebody in the dark
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3 keep somebody in the dark
Общая лексика: скрывать от (кого-либо)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > keep somebody in the dark
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4 keep somebody in the picture
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > keep somebody in the picture
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5 keep somebody on the run
Общая лексика: не давать кому-либо остановитьсяУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > keep somebody on the run
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6 keep somebody on the trot
Общая лексика: загонять кого-либо, не давать кому-либо покояУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > keep somebody on the trot
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7 to keep somebody in the dark
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8 to keep somebody in the dark about something
turēt kādu neziņā par kaut koEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to keep somebody in the dark about something
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9 to keep somebody on the hop
tramdīt kādu -
10 to keep somebody on the run
neļaut kādam apstāties -
11 to keep somebody on the tenterhooks
likt kādam mocīties neziņāEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to keep somebody on the tenterhooks
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12 to keep somebody on the trot
nodzenāt kādu -
13 keep somebody on a short leash
keep somebody on a short/tight leash держать кого-либо на коротком поводкеHe doesn't go out with the lads so much these days: Michelle keeps him on a tight leash.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > keep somebody on a short leash
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14 keep somebody on a tight leash
keep somebody on a short/tight leash держать кого-либо на коротком поводкеHe doesn't go out with the lads so much these days: Michelle keeps him on a tight leash.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > keep somebody on a tight leash
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15 keep somebody posted
держать в курсеThe TV announcer promised to keep viewers posted on developments in the White House.
Keep me posted on anything that happens while I'm away.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > keep somebody posted
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16 keep somebody in stitches
уморить со смеху; смешить до упадуThe comedian kept us in stitches for nearly an hour.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > keep somebody in stitches
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17 keep somebody's nose to the grindstone
Общая лексика: заставлять кого-либо работать без передышкиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > keep somebody's nose to the grindstone
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18 to keep a round-the-clock watch on somebody
novērot kādu visu diennaktiEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to keep a round-the-clock watch on somebody
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19 keep
keep [ki:p]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp kept━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = retain) garder• keep the change! gardez la monnaie !• to keep sth for o.s. garder qch pour soib. ( = put aside) garderc. ( = have ready) avoird. ( = stock) fairee. ( = store) ranger• where do you keep the sugar? où est-ce que vous rangez le sucre ?f. ( = detain) retenir• what kept you? qu'est-ce qui vous a retenu ?g. ( = have) [+ shop] tenir ; [+ bees, chickens] éleverh. ( = support) subvenir aux besoins de ; [+ mistress] entreteniri. ( = observe) [+ law, vow] respecterj. [+ accounts, diary] tenir• they kept him at it all day ils l'ont fait travailler toute la journée► to keep sth from sb ( = conceal) cacher qch à qn• I know he's keeping something from me je sais qu'il me cache quelque chose► to keep sb from doing sth ( = prevent) empêcher qn de faire qch• what can we do to keep it from happening again? que pouvons-nous faire pour que ça ne se reproduise pas ?► to keep sb to sth• she kept him to his promise elle l'a forcé à tenir sa promesse► to keep o.s. to o.s. se tenir à l'écart• she keeps herself to herself elle n'est pas très sociable► to keep sb/sth + -ing• keep him talking while... fais-lui la conversation pendant que...• he kept the engine running il a laissé le moteur en marche► to keep sb/sth + adjectivea. ( = continue) continuerb. ( = remain) resterc. (in health) aller• how are you keeping? comment allez-vous ?d. [food] se conserver► to keep + -ing• to keep doing sth ( = continue) continuer de faire qch ; ( = do repeatedly) ne pas arrêter de faire qch• I keep forgetting to pay the gas bill j'oublie tout le temps de payer la facture de gaz► to keep + preposition• "keep off the grass" « défense de marcher sur les pelouses »• keep on this road until you come to... suivez cette route jusqu'à ce que vous arriviez à...• keep to the left! gardez votre gauche !• she keeps to herself elle n'est pas très sociable► to keep + adjective• keep calm! reste calme !3. nouna. ( = livelihood, food) I got £30 a week and my keep je gagnais 30 livres par semaine logé et nourrib. [of castle] donjon m4. compoundsa. ( = continue) continuera. ( = restrain) retenirb. ( = conceal) cacher ; [+ secrets] ne pas révéler• I'm sure he's keeping something back je suis sûr qu'il me (or nous etc) cache quelque chose► keep downa. [+ one's anger] contenir• it's just a way to keep women down c'est une manière de cantonner les femmes à un statut inférieurb. [+ inflation, costs] maîtriser ; [+ number] limiter• could you keep the noise down? est-ce que vous pourriez faire un peu moins de bruit ?[person] rester à l'écart• they want to keep young people off the streets ils veulent empêcher les jeunes de traîner dans les ruesa. ( = continue) continuer• "keep out" « défense d'entrer »• keep out of this! ne t'en mêle pas ![+ person, dog] ne pas laisser entrer• that coat looks as if it will keep out the cold ce manteau doit bien protéger du froid► keep to inseparable transitive verb► keep up[prices] se maintenir• to keep up with sb (in race, walk) aller aussi vite que qn ; (in work) se maintenir au niveau de qn• slow down, I can't keep up with you ralentis un peu, je ne peux pas te suivre• keep it up! continuez !b. ( = maintain) [+ house] maintenir en bon état* * *[kiːp] 1.1) ( maintenance) pension f2) Architecture donjon m2.transitive verb (prét, pp kept)1) ( cause to remain)to keep somebody indoors — [person] garder quelqu'un à l'intérieur; [illness] retenir quelqu'un à l'intérieur
to keep something/somebody clean — garder quelque chose/quelqu'un propre
to be kept clean/locked — rester propre/fermé (à clé)
to keep somebody talking/waiting — retenir/faire attendre quelqu'un
2) ( detain) retenir3) ( retain) garder4) ( have and look after) tenir [shop]; avoir [dog]; élever [chickens]5) ( sustain)to keep something going — entretenir quelque chose [conversation, fire, tradition]
6) ( store) mettre, ranger7) ( have in stock) vendre, avoir8) ( support financially) faire vivre, entretenir [family]; avoir [servant]9) ( maintain by writing in) tenir [accounts, diary]10) ( conceal)to keep something from somebody — taire or cacher quelque chose à quelqu'un
11) ( prevent)12) ( observe) tenir [promise]; garder [secret]; se rendre à [appointment]; célébrer [occasion]; observer [commandments]13) Musicto keep time ou the beat — battre la mesure
14) ( maintain) entretenir [car, house]3.intransitive verb (prét, pp kept)1) ( continue)to keep doing — continuer à or de faire, ne pas arrêter de faire
‘keep left’ — ‘tenez votre gauche’
2) ( remain)3) ( stay in good condition) [food] se conserver, se garder4) ( wait) [news, business] attendre5) ( in health)4. 5.‘how are you keeping?’ — ‘comment allez-vous?’
for keeps adverbial phrase pour de bon, pour toujoursPhrasal Verbs:- keep at- keep in- keep off- keep on- keep out- keep to- keep up•• -
20 keep out
keep out of [something]1) ( not enter) ne pas entrer dans [house]‘keep out!’ — ‘défense d'entrer’
2) ( avoid being exposed to) rester à l'abri de [sun, rain, danger]3) ( avoid getting involved in) ne pas se mêler de [argument]to keep out of somebody's way, to keep out of the way of somebody — ( not hinder) ne pas encombrer quelqu'un; ( avoid seeing) éviter quelqu'un
keep [somebody/something] out, keep out [somebody/something] ne pas laisser entrer [person, animal]to keep somebody out of something — ( not involve in) ne pas vouloir mêler quelqu'un à quelque chose; ( not allow to enter) ne pas laisser entrer quelqu'un dans quelque chose
См. также в других словарях:
keep somebody in the picture — put/keep sb in the ˈpicture idiom (informal) to give sb the information they need in order to understand a situation • Just to put you in the picture there have been a number of changes here recently. Main entry: ↑pictureidiom … Useful english dictionary
keep somebody from something — ˈkeep sb from sth derived to prevent sb from doing sth • I hope I m not keeping you from your work. • keep somebody from something doing sth The church bells keep me from sleeping. Main entry: ↑keepderived … Useful english dictionary
Keep it in the Family (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Keep it in the Family caption = Glyn Houston as Duncan Thomas (holding plate), Robert Gillespie as Dudley Rush , Stacy Dorning as Susan Rush and Pauline Yates as Muriel Rush (Screen capture) genre = Comedy, sit com… … Wikipedia
keep somebody in stitches — verb To keep somebody laughing hard or amused. The show kept me in stitches the whole time … Wiktionary
keep somebody back from somebody — ˌkeep sbˈback (from sb/sth) derived to make sb stay at a distance from sb/sth • Barricades were erected to keep back the crowds. Main entry: ↑keepderived … Useful english dictionary
keep somebody sweet — keep sb ˈsweet idiom (informal) to say or do pleasant things in order to keep sb in a good mood so that they will agree to do sth for you • You d better keep her sweet if you want her to lend you the money. Main entry: ↑sweetidiom … Useful english dictionary
keep somebody at a distance — keep sb at a ˈdistance idiom to refuse to be friendly with sb; to not let sb be friendly towards you • The manager prefers to keep employees at a distance. Main entry: ↑distanceidiom … Useful english dictionary
keep somebody back from something — ˌkeep sbˈback (from sb/sth) derived to make sb stay at a distance from sb/sth • Barricades were erected to keep back the crowds. Main entry: ↑keepderived … Useful english dictionary
keep somebody down — ˌkeep sbˈdown derived to prevent a person, group, etc. from expressing themselves freely Syn: ↑oppress • The people have been kept down for years by a brutal regime. • You can t keep Laura down she s so full of life … Useful english dictionary
keep somebody on their toes — keep sb on their ˈtoes idiom to make sure that sb is ready to deal with anything that might happen by doing things that they are not expecting • Surprise visits help to keep the staff on their toes. Main entry: ↑toeidiom … Useful english dictionary
keep somebody posted (about something) — keep sb ˈposted (about/on sth) idiom to regularly give sb the most recent information about sth and how it is developing • I ll keep you posted on his progress. Main entry: ↑postidiom … Useful english dictionary
