refrain

refrain englannista suomeksi

1. pidättyä

2. pidättäytyä, kieltäytyä

3. kertosäe

1. pidättyä with elative

2. pidättäytyä

3. kertosäe

3. Substantiivi

refrain englanniksi

1. To hold back, to restrain (someone or something). (defdate)

2. (RQ:King James Version)

3. (RQ:Joyce Ulysses)

4. To show restraint; to hold oneself back. (defdate)

5. (RQ:Tyndale NT)

6. {{quote-text|en|year=1899|author=Sabine Baring-Gould|title=A Book of the West|section=Book of the West/Volume 1/18|Volume 1 Chapter 18

7. To repress (a desire, emotion etc.); to check or curb. (defdate)

8. To stop oneself (m) some action or interference; to abstain. (defdate)

9. (RQ:Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica)

10. July 5, 1731, (w), ''Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 12/From Jonathan Swift to Esther Vanhomrigh - 10|letter to Vanessa''

If you knew how I struggle for a little health, what uneasiness I am at in riding and walking, and refraining from every thing agreeable to my taste

11. (RQ:Wells Time Machine)

12. To abstain from (food or drink). (defdate)

13. The chorus or (l) of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.

14. (quote-book)

15. A much repeated comment, complaint, or saying.

(syn)

16. (l), chorus

17. (l)