preserve
/pɹəˈzɝv/ verbe B1En français : préserver, conserver
- To protect; to keep from harm or injury. · Every people has the right to preserve its identity and culture.
- To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage. · to preserve peaches or grapes
- To maintain throughout; to keep intact. · to preserve appearances; to preserve silence· I preserved a composed manner throughout the interrogation.
He/she/it preserves · Prétérit preserved · Participe passé preserved · Forme en -ing preserving
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- preserve
- He/she/it
- preserves
- Prétérit
- preserved
- Participe passé
- preserved
- Forme en -ing
- preserving
Dans la bibliothèque
Preserve me from a sly child, that’s what.
In vain she nibbled at the bread and butter and pecked at the crab-apple preserve out of the little scalloped glass dish by her plate.
Diana preserved a discreet silence, but she and Anne exchanged furtive smiles of guilty amusement across the table.
Elizabeth preserved as steady a silence as either Mrs.
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