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1. limit


Know your limits!
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
The blood alcohol limit for drunken driving is .08 percent in Texas.
Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
According to functionalist theory, acne outbreaks provide a necessary limit on the number of prom attendees.
Wha? Study, reflexes, all the parameters are MAX! You've even saved money up to the limit ... Amazing.
Credit is an amount or limit to the extent of which a person may receive goods or money for payment in the future.
We deliver your order free of charge within a 20-mile limit.
Recent overseas transfers show that productivity improvements in Japanese manufacturing industry have almost reached their limit.
Schools have tried to limit their use by not allowing them to be used in math classes, although they allow them in science lessons to save time.
Governments, in order to teach how to enjoy cell phones without being controlled by them, have established behavior rules that limit their use in public places, such as in churches, in schools, or during tests.
In this paper I limit the discussion to Emmet's 'dyad' style in his works from 1995.
Their responsibilities under this agreement are limited to...
- limit, ograniczenie
A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.

2. restrain


I couldn't restrain a smile.
The prisoner had to be restrained by the police.
He was so funny at the party that I simply couldn't restrain my laughter.
It would seem that the Chinese can't restrain themselves from speaking English with me, even though they know that I speak Chinese and that I'm not English.
It is true that behavior cannot be legislated, and legislation cannot make you love me, but legislation can restrain you from lynching me, and I think that is kind of important.
I told Jim to restrain himself from drinking too much.
Before the horse race begins, the jockeys grip the reins tightly to restrain the impatient horses.
Mrs. Simpson, restrain yourself, or you'll be arrested.
Fractious cats can be difficult to restrain
We have to take advantage of this momentum and restrain the greed of the financial and banking sectors.
It was hard for her to restrain her emotions when she saw her sister for the first time in 20 years
We learn taht it's best to restrain our anger
She was so ​angry that she could ​hardly restrain her​self.
Do not restrain them but use a blanket or clothing to protect their head from injury. Restraining them may cause injury to you or them.
Two police officers tried to restrain him, but he broke away and ran into a nearby house.

3. to control or limit something that is not wanted



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4. on


It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the hood of a car.
If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.
on the table
I think it's dangerous to climb a mountain on a day when it's stormy.
We pigged out on pizza and chicken at lunchtime.
The background check on Tom turned up suspiciously little.
Tom boiled some eggs on the rocket stove that he had just built.
Tom lives on a farm with his wife, Mary, not too far from Boston.
You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.
He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.
People often lie about what they did on the weekend, so their friends won't realize how boring they really are.
Even though there were many cookies on the dish, I only ate three.
A bust of Aristotle stands on a pedestal in the entryway.
If it's okay for her to buy a knife, then why on earth can't I?
On Friday evenings, a group of us with spouses working overseas meet at Chuck's Bar and Grill.

5. a check or restraint on something



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Can we save the environment with economics?

6. to restrain or control



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