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Question 1

keep
verb:

Answer 1

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.

Question 2

keep
noun/

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

you can’t keep a good man down
you can’t keep a good woman down

Answer 3

informal
a competent person will always recover well from setbacks or problems.

Question 4

for keeps

Answer 4

informal
permanently; indefinitely: دائمی
“they’ll have to give us the trophy for keeps if we win it again. “

Question 5

keep one’s feet

Answer 5

manage not to fall: on the planked railway crossing she stumbled, but kept her feet.

Question 6

keep going

Answer 6

make an effort to live normally in spite of difficulty:
“she had to keep going for the sake of her boys. “

Question 7

keep it real

Answer 7

informal
be genuine, unaffected, or honest: whatever you do, keep it real.
he kept it real and I found him charming.

Question 8

keep on keeping on

Answer 8

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. “

Question 9

keep one’s friends close, but one’s enemies closer

Answer 9

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.

Question 10

keep to oneself

Answer 10

avoid contact with others:
they kept to themselves and were a source of mystery and speculation.

Question 11

keep something to oneself

Answer 11

refuse to disclose or share something:
he was determined to keep the information to himself.

Question 12

keep after (keep someone after)

Answer 12

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.

Question 13

keep at (keep at something):
(keep someone at something)

Answer 13

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.

Question 14

keep away

Answer 14

stay away

: keep away from the edge of the cliff.

Question 15

keep back

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

keep down

Answer 16

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. «

Question 17

keep from
hide

Answer 17

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«

Question 18

keep in

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

keep off

Answer 19

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?.

Question 20

keep on

Answer 20

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.

Question 21

keep on about
keep on at

Answer 21

(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. »

Question 22

keep out

Answer 22

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.”

Question 23

keep to

Answer 23

(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.

Question 24

keep under

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

keep up

Answer 25

(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.