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You're listening to Joanna
She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 176
keep
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Meanings
verb
- have or retain possession of.E.g. return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files
- cause to continue in a specified condition, position, course, etc.E.g. the guidance system keeps the machine on course
- provide for the sustenance of (someone).E.g. he had to keep his large family in the manner he had chosen
- honour or fulfil (a commitment or undertaking).E.g. I'll keep my promise, naturally
- make written entries in (a diary) on a regular basis.E.g. the master kept a weekly journal
noun
- food, clothes, and other essentials for living.E.g. the Society are paying for your keep
- charge; control.E.g. if from shepherd's keep a lamb strayed far
- the strongest or central tower of a castle, acting as a final refuge.
Practise saying this word
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