Usage examples of "retiens" in French with translation to English

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Retiens ta langue, ou tu seras tué. Hold your tongue, or you'll be killed.
Retiens bien ce que tu apprends à l'école. Remember well what you learn at school.
Retiens ta respiration, s'il te plait. Hold your breath, please.
Si tu vas sous l'eau, retiens ta respiration et souffle pour déboucher tes oreilles. If you go underwater, hold your nose and blow to clear your ears.
Il a retenu sa respiration. He held his breath.
Son nom est très difficile à retenir. His name is very difficult to remember.
Il essaya de retenir ses larmes. He tried to keep back his tears.
Il a essayé de retenir sa colère. He tried to restrain his anger.
Il a retenu son souffle. He held his breath.
Je trouve que les mots ayant des définitions précises sont les plus simples à retenir. I find words with concise definitions to be the easiest to remember.
Je n'ai pas pu retenir mes larmes. I could not keep the tears from my eyes.
J'ai failli ne pas pouvoir me retenir de le frapper. I barely restrained the impulse to strike him.
Il était retenu en captivité. He was held in captivity.
Il comprenait et retenait aisément tout ce qu'on lui enseignait ; ses maîtres en étaient très contents. He understood and remembered easily everything that was taught to him; his teachers were very happy about it.
Qu'est-ce qui te retient éveillé si tard ? What keeps you up so late?
Elle ne put se retenir de rire. She couldn't hold back her laughter.
Papa, faisons-nous des grimaces et on va voir qui peut se retenir de rire le plus longtemps. Daddy, let's make faces at each other and see who can keep from laughing the longest.
Nous regardâmes le match en retenant notre souffle. We watched the game while holding our breath.
Je regardais la scène en retenant mon souffle. I was watching the scene holding my breath.
La fille s'efforçait de retenir ses larmes. The girl tried hard to hold back her tears.
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