English - Tigrinya

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  • hold back :hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
    • Arrest the downward trend ነቲ ቁልቁል ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ኣንፈት ምሓዝ
    • Check the growth of communism in South East Asia ዕብየት ኮሚኒዝም ኣብ ደቡባዊ ምብራቕ ኤስያ ምፍታሽ
    • Contain the rebel movement ንዓመጽቲ ምንቅስቓስ ምሓዝ
    • Turn back the tide of communism ውሕጅ ኮሚኒዝም ንድሕሪት ምምላስ

    • hold back :refrain from doing
      • she forbore a snicker ንሳ ድማ ፍሽኽታ ኣቋረጸቶ

      • hold back :wait before acting
        • the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment እቶም ተመራመርቲ ስነ-ፍልጠት ነቲ ፈተነ ክሳብ ዝደግምዎ ውጽኢቶም ካብ ምእዋጅ ኣቋሪጾም

        • hold back :secure and keep for possible future use or application
          • The landlord retained the security deposit እቲ ዋና ገዛ ነቲ ናይ ውሕስነት ገንዘብ ዓቂቡዎ
          • I reserve the right to disagree ኣነ ናይ ዘይምስምማዕ መሰለይ ዝተሓለወ እዩ።

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