Polish English Dictionary

zatrzymać in English:

1. detain

I won’t detain you any longer

When you detain someone, you hold them back, slow them down, or stop them from moving on. If you are detained by the police, you may be late for the big football game

When police keep a suspect at the station for questioning, this is an example of a situation where the police detain the suspect.

A suspect is being detained by the police for further questioning.

1. Three men were detained by police for questioning. 2. I won't detain you any longer. Go to your children!

‘she was detained without trial for two years’

He's been detained by security because of his suspicious behaviour at the airport.

He had been seen at the crime site and later the police detained him for questioning.

English word "zatrzymać"(detain) occurs in sets:

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2. stop

Stop!

If we stop here, we'll be right back where we started!

Lost in thought, I missed my stop.

I think it's time for me to stop allowing her to always have her own way.

If you stop and relax, this will relieve the tension and stress in your shoulders.

It's nearly lunchtime. Why don't we stop to have a bite to eat?

They'll stop at nothing to achieve their political goals.

Would you please stop singing so loudly? This is not a cheap drinking place.

We must stop using ozone-depleting chemicals immediately.

Imagine if you started hiccoughing and you couldn't stop.

There are shuttle buses that stop at several hotels in Tokyo.

You know that your English is good when people stop complimenting you on how good your English is.

I'm a bit down because a blogger friend of mine has decided to stop blogging.

Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?

We had to stop over in San Francisco for two hours due to the fog.

English word "zatrzymać"(stop) occurs in sets:

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3. keep

Keep out!

How long are you going to keep whimpering about that? You can't change the past.

I keep saying that I'm innocent, but no one will listen.

If Spenser doesn't keep adding and translating sentences, the other contributors will surely surpass him.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Doctors should keep abreast with all the latest developments in medicine.

If you keep at it you will eventually succeed.

My parents keep arguing about stupid things. It's so annoying!

A family should not spend all of its money to keep someone alive on a machine.

I'm going to keep track of all the expenses on this trip.

Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.

Call me every few days, and in that way we can keep in touch if something happens.

Keep a close eye on Tom and make sure he doesn't get into any trouble.

The notice in the park said "Keep off the grass".

Keep a box of baking soda in the fridge to keep it smelling clean.

English word "zatrzymać"(keep) occurs in sets:

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4. to halt

English word "zatrzymać"(to halt) occurs in sets:

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5. hold up

hold up the bank

I hate to hold up the meeting but I have to go to the bathroom.

This work is going to hold up most of the morning.

You are not hold up by slow costomers.

hold up

She wants to hold up the ceremony.

I hope the repairs hold up until we can get to a garage.

how'd it hold up?

English word "zatrzymać"(hold up) occurs in sets:

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6. keep kept kept

English word "zatrzymać"(keep kept kept) occurs in sets:

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7. to apprehend

The police have failed to apprehend the culprits.

English word "zatrzymać"(to apprehend) occurs in sets:

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8. to cease

“Cher Ami” was dispatched with a message that provided army headquarters with the troops’ location and a request for the army to cease fire.

They are exhausted so they decided to cease fighting over this illness.

English word "zatrzymać"(to cease) occurs in sets:

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9. kept

He kept talking.

Milk has to be kept at a relatively low temperature.

I drank some of the milk and kept the rest in the refrigerator.

We kept track of all our expenses while we were in Australia.

Picasso kept drawing pictures until he was 91 years old.

The parcel will be kept at the post office until you call for it.

Tom managed to escape from the room where his kidnappers had kept him locked up.

I wish I'd kept up my Chinese. I need it for my job.

From the moment he arrived there, he kept on bothering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.

Lewis and Clark kept very careful records.

The bus was so crowded that I was kept standing all the way to the station.

You kept nodding off during that lecture, didn't you?

I found the book so interesting that I kept on reading it until daybreak.

That secret can't be kept forever.

Tom kept a list of all the food he'd eaten that week.

English word "zatrzymać"(kept) occurs in sets:

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