keep in

中に留める、外に出さない

人や物を場所や決められた範囲の中に留める。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： keep someone/something in something (Keep the dog in the garden.)

類義語： keep inside, confine

反対語： let out

よく使う表現： keep someone in, keep something in, keep in bounds

罰として居残りさせる

罰として生徒を授業後も学校に残らせる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： keep someone in for something (The teacher kept us in for talking.)

類義語： give detention to

よく使う表現： keep someone in, keep pupils in, keep children in

燃え続ける

火が消えずに燃え続ける。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： stay alight, keep burning

反対語： go out

よく使う表現： fire keep in, keep in overnight

火を絶やさない

火が消えないようにして燃え続けさせる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： keep a fire in (A little coal will keep the fire in.)

類義語： keep alight, keep burning

反対語： extinguish

よく使う表現： keep something in, keep fire in