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Niekedy nemôžem zadržať prejavy citov.
Sometimes I can't help showing emotions.
Zadržal dych.
He held his breath.
Polícia zadržala vodiča po rýchlej jazde.
The police detained the driver after speeding.
Len ťažko zadržala smiech pri vtipe.
She could barely hold back laughter at the joke.
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Slovak National Corpus (SNK) ↗English gloss from the frequency publish path. Includes Tatoeba example sentences when present.
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