transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪfreɪn ]
( refrains, refraining, refrained)
1.
If you refrain from doing something, you deliberately do not do it.
Mrs Hardie refrained from making any comment...
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2.
A refrain is a short, simple part of a song, which is repeated many times.
...a refrain from an old song.
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3.
A refrain is a comment or saying that people often repeat.
Rosa’s constant refrain is that she doesn’t have a life.
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