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English
Pronunciation
Verb
keep an eye on (third-person singular simple present keeps an eye on, present participle keeping an eye on, simple past and past participle kept an eye on)
- (idiomatic) To watch and pay attention to, in case of misbehaviour or mishap.
I must keep an eye on this sauce in case it curdles.
2022 November 16, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE under fire over "unacceptable" cancellations”, in RAIL, number 970, page 7:"[...] We are making sure that a firm eye is kept on this."
Translations
to watch and pay attention to
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 關照／关照 (zh) (guānzhào)
- Danish: holde øje med
- Dutch: in de gaten houden (nl)
- Finnish: pitää silmällä (fi)
- French: guetter (fr), épier (fr), avoir à l’œil (fr), ne pas quitter des yeux (fr)
- Galician: botar un ollo
- German: im Auge behalten, aufpassen (de)
- Hindi: नज़र रखना (nazar rakhnā, literally “to keep sight/watch ”), ध्यान देना (dhyān denā, literally “to pay attention”)
- Hungarian: szemmel tart
- Icelandic: passa upp á, hafa auga á
- Italian: tenere d'occhio (it)
- Japanese: 目をつけている (めをつけている, me o tsukete iru)
- Portuguese: ficar de olho
- Russian: присма́тривать (ru) impf (prismátrivatʹ), присмотре́ть (ru) pf (prismotrétʹ) (за), пригля́дывать (ru) impf (prigljádyvatʹ), пригляде́ть (ru) pf (prigljadétʹ) (за), держать глаз на (deržatʹ glaz na), глаз не спуска́ть (glaz ne spuskátʹ) (с), следи́ть (ru) (sledítʹ) (за)
- Serbo-Croatian: држати на оку (držati na oku)
- Spanish: vigilar (es), estar pendiente
- Swedish: hålla ett öga på (sv), hålla koll på (sv), se efter (sv)
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