refrain
/ɹɪˈfɹeɪn/ verbe C1En français : se retenir, s'abstenir
- To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew
He/she/it refrains · Prétérit refrained · Participe passé refrained · Forme en -ing refraining
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- refrain
- He/she/it
- refrains
- Prétérit
- refrained
- Participe passé
- refrained
- Forme en -ing
- refraining
Dans la bibliothèque
Morrel saw it was useless to say more, and refrained.
He then said to himself, “I shall no longer distress myself at being struck at by these Gamecocks, when I see that they cannot even refrain from quarreling with each other.”
Fernand closed his eyes, a burning sensation passed across his brow, and he was compelled to support himself by the table to prevent his falling from his chair; but in spite of all his efforts, he could not refrain from uttering a deep groan, which, however, was lost amid the noisy felicitations of the company.
So goes the old refrain.
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