French Sentence Analyser
| retenir | ||
| 1. v. to retain, hold | ||
| 2. v. to hold back, rein in | ||
| 3. v. to keep, detain, hold up | ||
| 4. v. to remember | ||
| 5. v. to accept (que that) | ||
| 6. v. to uphold | ||
| 7. v. to restrain oneself, hold back | ||
| Je n'ai pas pu me retenir, je n'ai pas pu m'en empêcher. - I couldn't help myself. | ||
| contenir | ||
| 1. v. to contain (To have in) | ||
| 2. v. to contain, to hold back (control, e.g. a disease, tears), to keep in check (control something that might hurt you, e.g. emotions) | ||
| 3. v. to hold, to take, to seat (To have a capacity of) | ||