guard
/ɡɑɹd/ verbo B2En español: vigilar, custodiar, guardar, guachimanear
- To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend. · All of the mountain passes are guarded by troops.
- To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like. · Guard the prisoner.
- To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety. · Careful people guard against mistakes.
- To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
- To fasten by binding; to gird.
He/she/it guards · Pasado guarded · Participio pasado guarded · Forma en -ing guarding
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He knew that mongooses in the garden meant death sooner or later for him and his family, but he wanted to get Rikki-tikki off his guard.
How great and still and wonderful everything was, with the murmur of the sea sounding through it and the darkling cliffs beyond like grim giants guarding enchanted coasts.
It was generally evident, whenever they met, that he _did_ admire her; and to _her_ it was equally evident that Jane was yielding to the preference which she had begun to entertain for him from the first, and was in a way to be very much in love; but she considered with pleasure that it was not likely to be discovered by the world in general, since Jane united with great strength of feeling, a composure of temper and an uniform cheerfulness of manner, which would guard her from the suspicions of the impertinent.
“It may, perhaps, be pleasant,” replied Charlotte, “to be able to impose on the public in such a case; but it is sometimes a disadvantage to be so very guarded.
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