keep back

mantenerse alejado, quedarse atrás

Quedarse a una distancia segura en vez de acercarse.

En inglés sencillo: To stay at a safe distance instead of coming closer.

• Please keep back!
• We kept back from the flames.
• The children must keep back while the machine is running.

Cómo se usa: keep back from something (Keep back from the edge of the platform.)

Sinónimos: stay back, stand back

Antónimos: approach

Expresiones frecuentes: keep back from something, please keep back

retener, ocultar

Negarse a dar algo a alguien o no contarle todo lo que se sabe.

En inglés sencillo: To refuse to give someone something or tell them everything.

• She kept back some details.
• Why did you keep that information back?
• The company kept back part of his wages.

Cómo se usa: keep something back from someone (He kept the news back from his family.)

Sinónimos: withhold, hold back, conceal

Expresiones frecuentes: keep back information, keep something back

contener, retener

Impedir que una persona o cosa avance o se acerque.

En inglés sencillo: To stop someone or something from moving forward or getting closer.

• The guards kept us back.
• A fence keeps the animals back from the road.
• Can this rope keep the spectators back?

Cómo se usa: keep someone/something back (The barrier kept the crowd back.)

Sinónimos: restrain, hold back

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: keep someone back, keep back crowds

hacer repetir curso

Hacer que un alumno repita un curso o año escolar en vez de pasar al siguiente.

En inglés sencillo: To make a pupil repeat a school year or course instead of moving to the next one.

• The school kept her back.
• They kept two pupils back for another year.
• Will he be kept back if he fails the exams?

Cómo se usa: keep someone back (The school kept him back because he had missed too many lessons.)

Sinónimos: hold back, retain

Antónimos: promote

Expresiones frecuentes: keep someone back, keep back a pupil