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keep
verb:
نگه داشتن
1- have or retain possession of:
“return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files.”
-محافظت کردن، نگهداری کردن:
2- put or store in a regular place: his personal work was kept securely in an upstairs studio.
3-with object and complement] cause to continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc.:
“ he kept his eyes on the road.”
“keep your hands off me .”
ماندن(ساکت. بی حرکت…)
ادامه دادن یک حالت یا پوزیشن
4-continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc.:
“I kept quiet while Emily talked on.”
«keep left along the wall.«
حفظ شدن، محافظت شدن
5-rice will keep almost indefinitely without spoiling.
6-with object and present participle] make (someone) do something for a period of time:
“I have kept her waiting too long.”
7-cause to be late; delay: I won’t keep you, I know you’ve got a busy evening.
8-provide for the sustenance of (someone): he had to keep his large family in the manner he had chosen.
9-own and look after (an animal) for pleasure or profit:
“they raised pigs and kept a pony or two.”
اداره کردن
10- own and manage (a shop or business): the big fellow keeps a fish shop near the post office.
مراقبت کردن، محافظت کردن
11- guard; protect: the boy keeps the sheep ‘God keep you,’ he muttered.
12-honour or fulfil (a commitment or undertaking): I’ll keep my promise, naturally.
یادداشت کردن، ثبت کردن
13- make written entries in (a diary) on a regular basis: the master kept a weekly journal.
14- write down as (a record): keep a note of each item.
keep
noun/
food, clothes, and other essentials for living:
“the Society are paying for your keep.”
charge; control: if from shepherd’s keep a lamb strayed far.
you can’t keep a good man down
you can’t keep a good woman down
informal
a competent person will always recover well from setbacks or problems.
for keeps
informal
permanently; indefinitely: دائمی
“they’ll have to give us the trophy for keeps if we win it again. “
keep one’s feet
manage not to fall: on the planked railway crossing she stumbled, but kept her feet.
keep going
make an effort to live normally in spite of difficulty:
“she had to keep going for the sake of her boys. “
keep it real
informal
be genuine, unaffected, or honest: whatever you do, keep it real.
he kept it real and I found him charming.
keep on keeping on
informal
persevere or continue in a course of action, especially when faced with adversity:
“even though life can set you back a lot sometimes, you’ve got to keep on keeping on. “
keep one’s friends close, but one’s enemies closer
maintain a good relationship with friends, while paying even closer attention to those who may wish to cause harm: it’s not clear if the two are burying the hatchet or practicing the age-old social rule of keeping your friends close, but your enemies closer.
keep to oneself
avoid contact with others:
they kept to themselves and were a source of mystery and speculation.
keep something to oneself
refuse to disclose or share something:
he was determined to keep the information to himself.
keep after (keep someone after)
make a pupil stay at school after normal hours as a punishment: she threatened to keep the whole class after if somebody did not take the blame.
keep at (keep at something):
(keep someone at something)
persist with something:
پیگیری کردن، ادامه دادن، دنبال کاری را گرفتن
“it was the best part of a day’s work but I kept at it.”
force someone to persist with something:
مجبور به پیگیری کردن و ادامه دادن:
homework may be entirely the student’s work but many parents have to work hard to keep them at it.
keep away
stay away
: keep away from the edge of the cliff.
keep back
حفظ کردن فاصله
remain at a distance:
“he had kept back from the river when he could.”
(keep someone or something back, keep back someone or something) :
cause someone or something to remain at a distance:
«he could have known that words would be unable to keep her back.»
(keep something back, keep back something) :
retain or withhold something: he kept back £5 for himself.
decline to disclose information: she might be willing to give me the details she had kept back from Ann.
(keep someone back, keep back someone) make a pupil repeat a year at school because of poor marks: she had been kept back a year.
keep down
پنهان شدن
stay hidden by crouching or lying down: Keep down! There’s someone coming.
مهار شدن، سرکوب شدن
(keep something down, keep down something) :
cause something to remain at a low level:
the population of aphids is normally kept down by other animals.
(keep something down, keep down something) :
retain food or drink in one’s stomach without vomiting:
«all I could keep down was water. »
تحت فشار و ظلم قرار دادن
(keep someone down, keep down someone) :
cause someone to remain in a state of oppression or subjection: »others doubted the injury would keep him down that long. «
keep from
hide
مخفی نگه داشتن از
cause something to remain a secret from someone:
“now you know what your mother tried to keep from you.”
پنهان کردن
(keep something from something) :
cause something to stay out of something:
«she could not keep the dismay from her voice. »
خودداری کردن از انجام چیزی
(keep from, keep oneself from) avoid doing something: Dinah bit her lips to keep from screaming.
he could hardly keep himself from laughing.
منع کردن کسی از چیزی
(keep someone from something) :
cause someone to avoid doing something: »illness kept her from coming to the restaurant«
keep in
داخل نگه داشتن کسی
(keep someone in, keep in someone) British English confine someone indoors or in a particular place:
»he should be kept in overnight for observation. »
جلوگیری از بیان احساسات
2 (keep something in, keep in something) :
restrain oneself from expressing a feeling:
»he wanted to make me mad, but I kept it all in. »
3 (keep someone in something) provide someone with a regular supply of a commodity: the money should keep him in cigarettes for a week.
دوستی کردن با
keep in with (keep in with someone) British English remain on good terms with someone: he was simply trying to keep in with his friends.
keep off
اجتناب از لمس چیزی
avoid encroaching on or touching something:
the campus is dotted with warnings to keep off the grass.
اجتناب از مصرف چیزی
British English :avoid consuming something: the first thing was to keep off alcohol.
avoid a subject: keep off delicate subjects whilst at work.
2 (of bad weather) fail to occur: the rain kept off until we boarded our coach.
3 (keep someone off something) British English :prevent someone from attending school: how long should children be kept off school for mumps?.
keep on
ادامه دادن چیزی
continue to do something:
he kept on moving.
they would have preferred to keep on working.
(keep someone on, keep on someone) continue to employ someone: we will keep all of them on and set out to surround them with more experienced players next season.
keep on about
keep on at
(keep on about something) :
British English :speak about something repeatedly:
«they kept on about negotiating an end to the war.«
(keep on at someone) :British English :annoy someone by making frequent requests:
»he’d kept on at her, wanting her to go out with him. »
keep out
keep in
remain outside: if a sign says a track is closed, please keep out.
دور نگهداشتن
(keep someone or something out, keep out someone or something) cause someone or something to remain outside:
“cover the dish with cheesecloth to keep out flies.”
keep to
(keep to something) :avoid leaving a path, road, or place: I didn’t have his faith in the traffic, so I kept to the edge of the kerb.
چسبیدن به برنامه زمانی
adhere to a schedule: the administration has kept to a tight timetable.
observe a promise: she was anxious to keep to her resolve to lay before him all the facts.
confine or restrict oneself to something: nothing is more irritating than people who do not keep to the point.
keep under
تحت ظلم و فشار قرار دادن
(keep someone under) :
cause someone to remain in a state of oppression or subjection:
the local people are kept under by the army.
keep up
(keep up with someone or something) move or progress at the same rate as someone or something else:
“often they had to pause to allow him to keep up. “
2 (keep something up, keep up something) :continue a course of action: keep up the good work.
maintain something in an efficient or proper state: the new owners could not afford to keep up the grounds.
make something remain at a high level: he was whistling to keep up his spirits.
