留在家中We stayed in all that week, while the rain poured down outside. 外面大雨傾盆, 我們那一整個星期都待在家中。The damper stays in and reduces the flow of air but does not put the fire out completely. 氣閘還停留在原處未開, 它減少了氣流, 但並未完全把火熄滅。
與...暫住At half-term we had planned to stay with my sister in London. 學期中間我們計劃去倫敦我姊姊家裡住一段。Please stay with me a moment longer -- I'm getting to the point of the story. 請再聽我往下說--我這就說到關鍵內容了。
不睡覺I'll be late home, but please don't stay up for me. 我將很遲回家, 但請不要為了我而不去睡覺。I stayed up because I wanted to talk to you about your mother. 我等著沒有睡因為我想和你談談你的母親。