keep in

mantener dentro

Hacer que alguien o algo permanezca dentro de un lugar o de ciertos límites.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: keep someone/something in something (Keep the dog in the garden.)

Sinónimos: keep inside, confine

Antónimos: let out

Expresiones frecuentes: keep someone in, keep something in, keep in bounds

castigar sin salir de clase

Obligar a un alumno a quedarse en la escuela después de clase como castigo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: keep someone in for something (The teacher kept us in for talking.)

Sinónimos: give detention to

Expresiones frecuentes: keep someone in, keep pupils in, keep children in

seguir ardiendo

Dicho de un fuego, continuar ardiendo sin apagarse.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: stay alight, keep burning

Antónimos: go out

Expresiones frecuentes: fire keep in, keep in overnight

mantener encendido

Hacer que un fuego siga ardiendo sin apagarse.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: keep a fire in (A little coal will keep the fire in.)

Sinónimos: keep alight, keep burning

Antónimos: extinguish

Expresiones frecuentes: keep something in, keep fire in