keep under check

I [tʃek] n - check valve
- cause a check in the accumulation of vast fortunes
- come to a check
- give a check to smb's plans
- impose some legal check upon smth
- serve as a check
- travel without check - check for a wheel
- hold the enemy in check
- meet with a check II [tʃek] n - quick check
- on-the-spot check
- check of account
- loyalty check
- spot check
- accuracy check
- bed check
- tool check
- door check
- ticket check
- quality check
- check analysis
- check flight
- check list
- check dam
- check line
- check mark
- check work
- check point
- check station
- under proper checks and restraints
- act as a check on speed
- have no check over a person
- hold in check
- keep a check on one's statements
- keep check of employees
- keep the child in check
- keep the disease in check
- keep one's emotions in check
- put a check against the names of those present
- place a check on the procedure
- run a check on the automobile III [tʃek] n - traveler's check
- signed check
- bad check
- certified check
- rebound check
- gift check
- checks drawn on banks
- ask the waiter for one's check
- bounce a check
- draw a check
- get the cash on one's check
- give checks upon a well-known London bank
- pass a bad check
- pay by a check
- pay the check
- raise a check
- remit a check for £300
- send a check
- sign a check
- cash a check
- clear a check
- cover a check
- stop a check
- write out make out issue a check - cloak room check
- luggage check
- pawn check
- claim check
- check for one's luggage
- give one's check to the porter
- lose check for one's coat IV [tʃek] n - check system of irrigation
- plant in check rows
- wear a pretty blue and white check dress
- checks are small in this pattern V [tʃek] n - check to your king!
- discover a check
- put smb in check
- give check to the king
- give check with a bishop
- produce a check VI ['tʃek('ʌp)] = check up; v - check one's luggage

1. sg - checken, pl - checks, check 2. sg - checket, pl - check

/ki:p/ * ngoại động từ kept - giữ, giữ lại =to keep something as a souvenir+ giữ cái gì coi như một vật kỷ niệm =to keep hold of something+ nắm giữ cái gì - giữ, tuân theo, y theo, thi hành, đúng =to keep one's promise (word)+ giữ lời hứa =to keep an appointment+ y hẹn =to keep the laws+ tuân giữ pháp luật - giữ, canh phòng, bảo vệ; phù hộ =to keep the town against the enemy+ bảo vệ thành phố chống lại kẻ thù =God keep you!+ Chúa phù hộ cho anh! =to keep the goal+ (thể dục,thể thao) giữ gôn - giữ gìn, giấu =to keep a secret+ giữ một điều bí mật =to keep something from somebody+ giấu ai cái gì - giữ gìn (cho ngăn nắp gọn gàng), bảo quản; chăm sóc, trông nom; quản lý =to keep the house for somebody+ trông nom nhà cửa cho ai =to keep the cash+ giữ két =to keep a shop+ quản lý một cửa hiệu - giữ riêng, để ra, để riêng ra, để dành =to keep something to onself+ giữ riêng cái gì cho mình =to keep something for future time+ để dành cái gì cho mai sau - giữ lại, giam giữ =to keep somebody in prison+ giam ai vào tù - ((thường) + from) giữ cho khỏi, giữ đứng, ngăn lại, nhịn tránh =to keep somebody from falling+ giữ cho ai khỏi ngã =to keep oneself from smoking+ nhịn hút thuốc - nuôi, nuôi nấng; bao (gái) =to keep a family+ nuôi nấng gia đình =to keep bees+ nuôi ong =to keep a woman+ bao gái =a kept woman+ gái bao - (thương nghiệp) có thường xuyên để bán =do they keep postcards here?+ ở đây người ta có bán bưu thiếp không? - cứ, cứ để cho, bắt phải =to keep silence+ cứ làm thinh =to keep someone waiting+ bắt ai chờ đợi - không rời, ở lỳ, vẫn cứ, ở trong tình trạng =to keep one's room+ không ra khỏi phòng (ốm...) - theo =to keep a straight course+ theo một con đường thẳng - (+ at) bắt làm kiên trì, bắt làm bền bỉ =to keep sosmebody at some work+ bắt ai làm bền bỉ một công việc gì - làm (lễ...), tổ chức (lễ kỷ niện...) =to keep one's birthday+ tổ chức kỷ niệm ngày sinh * nội động từ - vẫn cứ, cứ, vẫn ở tình trạng tiếp tục =the weather will keep fine+ thời tiết sẽ vẫn cứ đẹp =to keep laughing+ cứ cười =keep straight on for two miles+ anh hây cứ tiếp tục đi thẳng hai dặm đường nữa - (thông tục) ở =where do you keep?+ anh ở đâu? - đẻ được, giữ được, để dành được (không hỏng, không thổi...) (đồ ăn...) =these apples do not keep+ táo này không để được - (+ to) giữ lấy, bám lấy, cứ theo, không rời xa =to keep to one's course+ cứ đi theo con đường của mình =to keep to one's promise+ giữ lời hứa =keep to the right+ hây cứ theo bên phải mà đi - (nghĩa bóng) có thể để đấy, có thể đợi đấy =that business can keep+ công việc đó có thể hây cứ để đấy đã - (+ from, off) rời xa, tránh xa; nhịn =keep off!+ tránh ra!, xê ra! =keep off the grass+ không được giẫm lên bãi cỏ - (+ at) làm kiên trì, làm bền bỉ (công việc gì...) =to keep had at work for a week+ làm bền bỉ trong suốt một tuần !to keep away - để xa ra, bắt ở xa ra; cất đi =keep knives away from children+ cất dao đi đừng cho trẻ con nghịch !to keep back - giữ lại - làm chậm lại; chặn lại, cản lại, cầm lại =to keep back one's téa+ cầm nước mắt - giấu không nói ra - đứng ở đằng sau, ở lại đằng sau - tránh xa ra !to keep down - cầm lại, nén lại, dằn lại - cản không cho lên, giữ không cho lên =to keep prices down+ giữ giá không cho lên - không trở dậy (cứ quỳ, cứ ngồi, cứ nằm) - (quân sự) nằm phục kích !to keep from - nhịn, kiêng, nén, nín; tự kiềm chế được =can't keep from laughing+ không nén cười được !to keep in - dằn lại, nén lại, kiềm chế, kìm lại (sự xúc đông, tình cảm...) - giữ không cho ra ngoài; phạt bắt (học sinh) ở lại sau giờ học - giữ cho (ngọn lửa) cháy đều - ở trong nhà, không ra ngoài - vẫn thân thiện, vẫn hoà thuận (với ai) =to keep in with somebody+ vẫn thân thiện với ai !to keep off - để cách xa ra, làm cho xa ra - ở cách xa ra, tránh ra !to keep on - cứ vẫn tiếp tục =to keep on reading+ cứ đọc tiếp - cứ để, cứ giữ =to keep on one's hat+ cứ để mũ trên đầu (không bỏ ra) !to keep out - không cho vào; không để cho, không cho phép =to keep children out of mischief+ không để cho trẻ con nghịch tinh - đứng ngoài, không xen vào, không dính vào; tránh =to keep out of somebody's way+ tránh ai =to keep out of quarrel+ không xen vào cuộc cãi lộn !to keeo together - kết hợp nhau, gắn bó với nhau, không rời nhau !to keep under - đè nén, thống trị, bắt quy phục; kiềm chế !to keep up - giữ vững, giữ không cho đổ, giữ không cho hạ, giữ không cho xuống; giữ cho tốt, bảo quản tốt (máy...) =to keep up one's spirits+ giữ vững tinh thần =to keep up prices+ giữ giá không cho xuống - duy trì, tiếp tục, không bỏ =to keep up a correspondence+ vẫn cứ tiếp tục thư từ qua lại - bắt thức đêm, không cho đi ngủ - giữ vững tinh thần; không giảm, không hạ - (+ with) theo kịp, ngang hàng với, không thua kém =to keep up with somebody+ theo kịp ai, không thua kém ai !to keep abreast of (with) - theo kịp, không lạc hậu so với =to keep abreast with the timmes+ theo kịp thời đại !to keep a check on - (xem) check !to keep clear of - tránh, tránh xa !to keep company - (xem) company !to keep somebody company - (xem) company !to keep good (bad) company - (xem) company !to keep one's countenance - (xem) countenance !to keep one's [own] counsel - (xem) counsel !to keep dark - lẫn trốn, núp trốn !to keep one's distance - (xem) distance !to keep doing something - tiếp tục làm việc gì !to keep one's end up - không đầu hàng, không nhượng bộ; giữ vững ý kiến của mình !to keep an eye on - để mắt vào, theo dõi; trông giữ, canh giữ !to keep somebody going - giúp đỡ ai về vật chất (để cho có thể sống được, làm ăn được...) !to keep one's hair on - (xem) hair !to keep one's head - (xem) head !to keep late hours - (xem) hour !to keep mum - lặng thinh, nín lặng; giữ kín, không nói ra !to keep oneself to oneswelf - không thích giao thiệp; không thích giao du; sống tách rời !to keep open house - ai đến cũng tiếp đãi, rất hiếu khách !to keep pace with - (xem) pace !to keep peace with - giữ quan hệ tốt với !to keep one's shirt on - (xem) shirt !to keep a stiff upper lip - (xem) lip !to keep tab(s) on - (xem) tab !to keep one's temper - (xem) temper !to keep good time - đúng giờ (đồng hồ) !to keep track of track - (xem) track !to keep up appearances - (xem) appearance !to keep watch - cảnh giác đề phòng * danh từ - sự nuôi thân, sự nuôi nấng (gia đình...); cái để nuôi thân, cái để nuôi nấng (gia đình...) =to earn one's keep+ kiếm ăn, kiếm cái nuôi thân - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) người giữ - (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) nhà tù, nhà giam - (sử học) tháp, pháo đài, thành luỹ !for keeps - (thông tục) thường xuyên; mãi mãi, vĩnh viễn !in good keep - trong tình trạng tốt !in low keep - trong tình trạng xấu

كَبَحَ جِماحَ \ check: to stop; keep under control; hold back: He checked his anger. rein: (with in) to make an animal that is ridden stop or go slower. restrain: to hold back; control: Restrain your excited children.

1. I 2. II 3. III 4. IV 5. V 6. VI 7. VIII 8. IX 9. XI 10. XIV 11. XV 12. XVI 13. XVII 14. XVIII 15. XXI1 16. XXII 17. XXIV1 18. XXV

1. 2. 1. 2.

Ex: The great storyteller, FC Sayers, having advised the beginner to 'steep himself in folklore until the elemental themes are part of himself,' explains how best to get command of a tale.

Ex: It is not sufficient merely to describe the processes that govern the creation and generation of indexing and abstracting data.

Ex: Cases keep discussion grounded on certain persistent facts that must be faced, and keep a realistic rein on airy flights of academic speculation.

Ex: Costs can be kept within reasonable bounds if a method appropriate to the specific application is chosen.

Ex: Ideally it should be possible to include some form of student assessment or to monitor the student's progress.

Ex: Built into each operator are sets of instructions to the computer which regulate where the term must appear in the printed entries generated from the string, typefaces, and necessary punctuation.

Ex: After a couple of months, I had his overall behavior pretty well pegged.

Ex: For many centuries local authorities have been responsible for policing Weights and Measures Acts and regulations and, where a breach of legislation was uncovered, would prosecute in the criminal court.

Ex: The library director strove to master his frustration.

Ex: Very few engravers commanded the necessary artistry.

Ex: The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.

Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.

Ex: This article discusses some strategies that are being developed to stem the tide of losses caused worldwide by piracy.

Ex: But the unions were able to add their weight to the authority of the parliamentary investigators in bringing the worst excesses of unregulated apprenticeship and of working conditions under control = No obstante, los sindicatos pudieron reforzar la autoridad de los investigadores parlamentarios para controlar los peores excesos que se cometían en el aprendizaje de un oficio y las condiciones laborales sin regularizar.

Ex: The library staff consists of 6 professional librarians and 11 clerical workers, all of whom are held firmly in line by the forceful personality of the director, a retired military colonel.

Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex: This trend may also be explained by the hegemony of those who hold the reins of international publication.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Microfilm retrieval system corrals paper flood for Ameritech publishing'.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: Influence and control is currently wielded by sterile professionals who are blind to the need to develop services beyond print.

Ex: This ideology appealed widely to the librarian as well as the library user and held sway for nearly a quarter of a millennium when, in 1841, a catalytic event in the history of cataloging took place.

Ex: The implementation of this system would enable law enforcement agencies to wiretap all digital communication.

Ex: The standpatters argue, and the progressives agree, that the tax line must be held in the interest of attracting industry = Los conservadores proponen y los progresistas están de acuerdo en que se deben contener los impuestos para atraer a la industria.

Ex: A study of telly-addicts has found that in 45 per cent of homes mums keep a tight hold on the remote control.

Ex: Five years after they took control of war-ravaged Afghanistan, reconstruction remains a job half done.

Ex: Adapting to change -- and staying on top of the changes -- is a huge key to success in industry.

Ex: This section of the book is all about how to stay in control of your personal information.

Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.

Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

* controlar aún más = tighten + Posesivo + grip on.

* controlar el presupuesto = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la economía = control + the purse strings.

* controlar las finanzas = control + the purse strings.

* controlar la situación = tame + the beast.

* controlar los gastos = control + costs, contain + costs.

* controlarlo todo = have + a finger in every pie.

 

Multiple Entries:
controlar    
controlar algo
controlar ( conjugate controlar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹nervios/impulsos/persona› to control;
‹ incendio› to bring … under control;

pasaron a controlar la empresa they took control of the company
2 ‹inflación/proceso› to monitor;
‹ persona› to keep a check on;

controlé el tiempo que me llevó I timed how long it took me
3 ( regular) ‹presión/inflación› to control
controlarse verbo pronominal ( dominarse) to control oneself;
( vigilar) ‹peso/colesterol› to check, monitor
controlar verbo transitivo
1 to control
2 (comprobar) to check
' controlar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dominar
- fraude
- manejar
- potingue
- sujetar
- contener
English:
control
- grip
- hold down
- manage
- monitor
- regiment
- spot-check
- stamp out
- check
- discipline
- help
- unruly
Fam [saber] to know;

Kon|trọl|le [kOn'trɔlə]

cama 1), silencio 1., 1) 1. 2. 1. 2.

Ex: The shared systems are run on an IBM 4341 computer housed at BLCMP.

Ex: Guard book or scrapbook type arrangement, with possibly a loose-leaf format, is suitable for organising and keeping cuttings, letters and other small items.

Ex: Whenever this code is entered, the system saves the document or list of documents being displayed and displays a summary of the documents saved up to that point.

Ex: The records in a computer data base are structured in order to suit the information that is being stored for various applications.

Ex: This chain will not be processed, but will be stored away for later use.

Ex: The article 'Sealing criminal history records: shall we let the fox guard the henhouse in the name of privacy?' has once again raised the debate on the consequences of allowing press and public to view such data.

Ex: Unless the distance was short, the books travelled in sheets, unbound, packed up in chests or barrels.

Ex: The actual report has been lodged at the British Library but has not been published.

Ex: Librarians are doomed if they are seen by their patrons as standing guard over information and seemingly barring access to it.

Ex: The more which can be digitized, and the more rapidly, the more which then can be squirreled away into atmospherically-controlled & inexpensive archives.

Ex: She took all photos, sorted them out, stuffed them into boxes, and put them away in storage.

Ex: It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.

Ex: When I went to the little boys/girls room to relieve myself I was suprised to see the amount of loo rolls stashed in the corner.

Ex: The killing was committed in the traditional and extremely gruesome way Islam has in store for women accused of adultery: she was stoned to death.

Ex: After various selection processes, the books are sorted into broad general categories and packed into consignments of up to 5,000 books.

Ex: Almost everybody we know had their treasures or some of their personal items stashed away in an old cigar box.

Ex: Previous studies in which squirrels were provisioned with an abundant supply of food found a reduction in the rate of caching.

* ¡el Cielo nos guarde! = heaven forbid.

* acción de guardar documentos = save.

* ¡el Cielo nos guarde! = God forbid.

* fiesta de guardar = holiday of obligation.

* guardar Algo para otra vez = save for + a rainy day.

* guardar bajo llave = keep under + lock and key.

* guardar celosamente = guard + zealously.

* guardar como un tesoro = treasure.

* guardar con mucho cariño = treasure.

* guardar correspondencia = bear + correspondence (to).

* guardar en reserva = keep in + reserve, hold in + reserve.

* guardar en secreto = keep + confidential, keep + Nombre + under wraps.

* guardar la compostura = keep + a stiff upper lip.

* guardar las apariencias = preserve + appearance, keep up + appearances.

* guardar las formas = keep up + appearances.

* guardar los resultados de una búsqueda en un fichero = store + search results + in disc file.

* guardar muchas esperanzas = get + Posesivo + hopes up.

* guardar paralelismo = have + parallel.

* guardar relación con = bear + relation to, stand in + relation to, stand in + relationship to, bear + relationship to, be commensurate with.

* guardar rencor = bear + a grudge, harbour + resentment, carry + a chip on + Posesivo + shoulder.

* guardar rencor (hacia) = bear + ill will (toward).

* guardar resentimiento = carry + a chip on + Posesivo + shoulder.

* guardarse = keep for + Reflexivo, be on guard (against).

* guardarse Algo para Uno Mismo = keep + Nombre + to + Reflexivo.

* guardarse de = beware (of/that), be shy of + Gerundio.

* guardárselas a Alguien = hold + it against.

* guardar silencio = keep + silent, keep + silence.

* guardar sorpresas = hold + surprises.

* guardar una búsqueda en disco = save + Posesivo + search + to disc.

* guardar una relación directamente proporcional = vary + proportionately.

* guardar una relación inversamente proporcional = vary + inversely.

* guardar un secreto = keep + a secret.

* hacer guardar silencio = shush.

* no guardar relación con = be incommensurate with.

* porche para guardar el coche = car port.

* que guarde relación con = in keeping with.

* quien guarda, halla = waste not, want not.

* sin guardar una correlación = uncorrelated.

 

guardar ( conjugate guardar) verbo transitivo
1 ( reservar) to save, keep;

2




guardar las apariencias to keep up appearances

‹ rencor› to bear, harbor^{( conjugate harbor)};

guardarse verbo pronominal
1


2 ( poner en un lugar):

guardar verbo transitivo
1 (preservar) to keep: ¿puedes guardármelo?, can you look after it for me?
todavía guardo sus cosas, I still keep his things
2 (un secreto, recuerdo) to keep: guardaron silencio, they remained silent
guardemos un minuto de silencio, let's observe a minute's silence
guarden silencio, por favor, be quiet, please
3 (en un sitio) to put away: guarda las tazas en ese armario, put the cups away in that cupboard
4 (reservar) to keep
5 Inform to save
♦ Locuciones: guardar cama, to stay in bed
' guardar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apariencia
- apartar
- arca
- archivar
- ayuno
- cama
- conservar
- continencia
- forma
- recoger
- rencor
- reposo
- reservar
- rincón
- secreta
- secreto
- callar
- compostura
- dejar
- huevera
- panera
- separar
- silencio
English:
aside
- commensurate
- cookie jar
- counsel
- distance
- file
- hold
- hold against
- house
- keep
- lay up
- leave out
- lock away
- maintain
- observe
- pack away
- pertinent
- reminiscent
- retain
- save
- secret
- set aside
- silent
- skeleton
- stay
- storage space
- store
- stow
- treasure
- wrap
- appearance
- bread
- cake
- convenient
- face
- guard
- hang
- harbor
- holy
- leave
- lock
- mind
- put
- reserve
- set
- storage
[proteger] to guard; también Fig

(Aut) to cut corners 1. 2. 1. 2.

Ex: Much of the conventional wisdom of librarianship is going to have to undergo what is so aptly described as an 'agonizing reappraisal' before we can come to terms with the new information age.

Ex: He looked up and saw two figures cutting across the field, a colored man and woman, each carrying a bottle.

* atajar un problema = grapple with + problem.

atajar ( conjugate atajar) verbo transitivo
1


2


(interrumpir, detener) to stop
3 ‹enfermedad/problema› to keep … in check;
‹ incendio› to contain;
‹ rumor› to quell
atajar verbo intransitivo
1 to take a shortcut [por, through]
2 (parar) to put a stop to
' atajar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cortar
- agarrar
English:
corner
- short-circuit
- arrest
- halt
- head
[hemorragia, inundación] to stem; [acortar] to take a short cut ( por through);