"hold in place" "She always held herself as a lady" "The students keep me on my toes"

"Keep on working!" "We continued to work into the night" "Keep smiling" "We went on working until well past midnight"

"Can I keep my old stuffed animals?" "She kept her maiden name after she married"

"We must prevent the cancer from spreading" "His snoring kept me from falling asleep" "Keep the child from eating the marbles"

"keep appointments" "she never keeps her promises" "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"

"The pianist kept time with the metronome" "keep count" "I cannot keep track of all my employees"

"He keeps the shop when I am gone"

"keep a diary" "maintain a record" "keep notes"

: "She alone sustained her family" "The money will sustain our good cause" "There's little to earn and many to keep"

"We cannot continue several servants any longer" "She retains a lawyer" "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff" "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"

"He is keeping three women in the guest cottage" "keep boarders"

"suppress a smile" "Keep your temper" "keep your cool"

"These potatoes keep for a long time"

"Keep the commandments" "celebrate Christmas" "Observe Yom Kippur"

"May God keep you"

"keep my job for me while I give birth" "keep my seat, please" "keep open the possibility of a merger"

"I keep a car in the countryside" "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"

"I always keep batteries in the freezer" "keep food for a week in the pantry" "She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator"

"The student was kept after school"

"preserved meats" "keep potatoes fresh"

"Where do you keep your gardening tools?"

"She keeps a few chickens in the yard" "he keeps bees"

"each child was expected to pay for their keep" "he applied to the state for support" "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"