keep in

garder à l’intérieur

Faire rester quelqu’un ou quelque chose dans un lieu ou dans certaines limites.

En anglais simple : To make someone or something stay inside a place or within a limit.

• Please keep the cat in tonight.
• The rain kept us in all afternoon.
• This fence keeps the sheep in the field.

Comment l'utiliser : keep someone/something in something (Keep the dog in the garden.)

Synonymes : keep inside, confine

Contraires : let out

Expressions courantes : keep someone in, keep something in, keep in bounds

retenir après les cours

Obliger un élève à rester à l’école après les cours pour le punir.

En anglais simple : To make a student stay at school after lessons as a punishment.

• Our teacher kept us in.
• Will you keep me in after school?
• They were kept in for throwing paper during class.

Comment l'utiliser : keep someone in for something (The teacher kept us in for talking.)

Synonymes : give detention to

Expressions courantes : keep someone in, keep pupils in, keep children in

rester allumé

Pour un feu, continuer à brûler sans s’éteindre.

En anglais simple : For a fire to continue burning without going out.

• Will the fire keep in overnight?
• The kitchen fire kept in until morning.
• With enough coal, this fire should keep in.

Synonymes : stay alight, keep burning

Contraires : go out

Expressions courantes : fire keep in, keep in overnight

maintenir allumé

Faire en sorte qu’un feu continue à brûler sans s’éteindre.

En anglais simple : To make a fire continue burning without going out.

• We kept the fire in overnight.
• Add more coal to keep it in.
• She used dry wood to keep the kitchen fire in.

Comment l'utiliser : keep a fire in (A little coal will keep the fire in.)

Synonymes : keep alight, keep burning

Contraires : extinguish

Expressions courantes : keep something in, keep fire in