All 3 Uses of
refrain
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- I couldn't refrain from sounding Peter out on the subject, and he instantly replied that Dussel had been lying.
Chpt 44-02 (definition 1) *refrain = resist
- Then I talk back and start contradicting everyone until the old familiar Anne refrain inevitably crops up again: "No one understands me!"
Chpt 44-06 (definition 2) *refrain = a phrase often repeated by someone
- My ears were humming with the following refrain: snap the end, strip the pod, pull the string, pod in the pan, snap the end, strip the pod, pull the string, pod in the pan, etc., etc.
Chpt 44-07 (definition 2)refrain = something repeated regularly
Definitions:
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(1) (refrain as in: refrain from laughing) avoid or resist doing something
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(2) (refrain as in: a repeated refrain) something repeated regularlyespecially:
- lines repeated after each verse of a song
- a phrase or idea often repeated by someone or within a poem