preserve
 transitive verb
 conservar
EN They were just the half-bleached colour of the worms and things one sees preserved in spirit in a zoological museum.
GL Eran da cor medio destinxida dos vermes e as cousas que un atopa conservadas en alcol nun museo zoolóxico.
 Fonte: TEM (1120)
preservar
EN Yet a Frenchman declared that the Galicians are essentially refractory to progress, and there is much to support this view, although it is not the true one, since to preserve what has proved excellent need not imply dislike of progress.
GL Un francés declarou en certa ocasión que os galegos refusan o progreso e hai moitos feitos que apoian esta opinión, inda que non sexa a verdadeira, xa que o preserva-lo que se demostrou excelente non implica rexeitamento do progreso.
Fonte: GAL (119)
manter
EN Well, thought William Bankes, preserving a demeanour of exquisite courtesy and merely spreading the fingers of his left hand on the table-cloth as a mechanic examines a tool beautifully polished and ready for use in an interval of leisure, such are the sacrifices one's friends ask of one.
GL En fin, pensaba o señor William Bankes, mantendo unha actitude de cortesía exquisita e limitándose a estarrica-los dedos da man esquerda sobre o mantel coma un mecánico cando examina nun momento de lecer unha ferramenta ben limpa e preparada para usar, estes son os sacrificios que esixen os amigos.
Fonte: CAR (1334)
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