keep down

baisser, limiter

Faire moins de bruit ou empêcher un son de devenir trop fort.

En anglais simple : To make less noise or prevent a sound from becoming too loud.

• Please keep the noise down.
• We kept our voices down while the baby slept.
• Can you keep the music down tonight?

Comment l'utiliser : keep something down (Please keep your voice down in the library.)

Synonymes : quieten, lower, reduce

Contraires : raise

Expressions courantes : keep down the noise, keep down the volume, keep something down

maintenir bas, contenir

Empêcher une quantité, un nombre ou un niveau d’augmenter.

En anglais simple : To stop an amount, number, or level from increasing.

• We need to keep costs down.
• The medicine helped keep her temperature down.
• How can we keep down the number of accidents?

Comment l'utiliser : keep something down (We share transport to keep our costs down.)

Synonymes : limit, control, restrain

Contraires : increase, raise

Expressions courantes : keep down the costs, keep down food prices, keep something down

garder dans l'estomac, ne pas vomir

Garder de la nourriture ou une boisson dans l’estomac sans la vomir.

En anglais simple : To hold food or drink in your stomach without bringing it back up through your mouth.

• I can't keep food down.
• He managed to keep down a little soup.
• Have you kept anything down since breakfast?

Comment l'utiliser : keep something down (She could not keep even water down.)

Synonymes : retain

Contraires : vomit, throw up

Expressions courantes : keep down some food, keep down any water, keep something down

opprimer, réprimer

Empêcher des personnes d’obtenir du pouvoir, de la liberté ou des possibilités d’améliorer leur vie.

En anglais simple : To prevent people from gaining power, freedom, or the chance to improve their lives.

• The regime kept its opponents down.
• Unfair rules have kept these workers down for years.
• They used violence to keep down the opposition.

Comment l'utiliser : keep someone down (The rulers used fear to keep the people down.)

Synonymes : oppress, suppress, repress

Contraires : liberate, empower

Expressions courantes : keep down the opposition, keep down the poor, keep someone down

rester baissé, rester à couvert

Rester près du sol pour éviter d’être vu ou touché.

En anglais simple : To stay close to the ground so that you cannot easily be seen or hit.

• Keep down! They might see us.
• We kept down behind the rocks.
• The soldiers were told to keep down until the shooting stopped.

Comment l'utiliser : keep down behind something (Keep down behind the wall until they pass.)

Synonymes : stay low, crouch down, duck

Contraires : stand up

Expressions courantes : keep down behind something, keep down and hide, keep down until dark