retenir
- Examples
C'était comme si tout le monde retenait son souffle ! | It was like everyone were holding their breath! |
Je voulais m'assurer que l'accusation ne retenait pas des pièces. | I wanted to be sure the prosecution wasn't withholding evidence. |
La seule chose qui retenait ma jambe était le muscle ischio-jambier. | The only thing that held on my leg was the hamstring muscle. |
Elle pouvait la voir depuis l'endroit où il la retenait. | She could see it from where he was keeping her. |
Mais son sens aigu de la responsabilité le retenait. | But his strong sense of responsibility held him back. |
Il les retenait pour savoir où était son frère. | Was holding them to find out where his brother was. |
Il se débarrasse de la peur qui le retenait. | He's let go of the fear that held him back. |
Je pensais que Pan retenait ma famille ici. | I thought Pan might be keeping my family here. |
Tu crois qu'il a compris qu'on le retenait ? | Do you think he realized we were stalling him? |
Je connaissais ce gars qui retenait sa respiration super longtemps. | I know this guy who could hold his breath for forever. |
Dans une ferme où il nous retenait. | In a farm where he held us. |
Juste que je n'avais pas de carriére qui me retenait. | Well, just that I don't have a career holding me back. |
Mon père était la seule chose qui me retenait. | Dad was the only thing stopping me. |
Avec mes amis, on retenait notre respiration sous l'eau. | My friends and I held our breaths underwater for fun. |
Et que je n'avais rien qui me retenait à Chicago. | And I don't really have anything here in Chicago. |
On a quitté New York car plus rien ne nous y retenait. | We left New York because there was nothing left for us anymore. |
Je sais où il la retenait, elle et les autres. | I know where he took her, where he kept her and the others. |
Doué d’une mémoire très heureuse il retenait tout ce qu’il lisait. | Endowed with an excellent memory, he retained everything that he read. |
On retenait tous notre souffle, ici. | We've all been holding our breath down here. |
Et l'endroit où il te retenait ? | What about the place he kept you in? |
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