KEEP

KEEP

1. Keep ahead

   • Mantenerse al frente
   • The new supermarket keeps ahead because of its good prices.
   • We tried to keep ahead of the truck, but it eventually passed us.

2. Keep from

   • No contarle algo a alguien
   • You're keeping something from me. Tell me what it is!
   • What are you keeping from me?

3. Keep at

   • She felt much better when she kept at her exercising throughout her pregnancy.
   • I wanted to finish my report so I keep at it and worked till 8 o'clock.
   • Perseverar en algo, insistir

4. Keep away

   • Keep away from the window, it's too dangerous to poke out.
   • The doctor prescribed my son a vaccine to keep the flu away.
   • (a) Prevenir una enfermedad (b) Mantener alejado

5. Keep back

   • (a) Contener, retener, ocultar (b) Retrasarse (c) From - alejarse
   • Joe's been acting strange, he's keeping something back from me.
   • Kate and John have kept back, they stopped to buy some food.

6. Keep down

   • (a) Bajar (b) Reprimir, oprimir
   • Could you keep the music down? The baby is sleeping.
   • The demonstrators have been kept down by the military forces.

7. Keep off

   • (a) Evitar que algo dañe o toque a alguien o algo (b) No comer o beber algo que te hace mal o evitar que alguien lo haga
   • Keep the children off the oven, I'm baking a cake.
   • I must keep off chocolate, I'm allergic to it.

8. Keep in

   • (a) Hacer que alguien se quede internado porque todavía no está bien (b) With - andar bien con alguien
   • The teacher kept me in after class because I talked all the time.
   • Try to keep in with John, you'll spend many hours working with him.

9. Keep on

   • (a) Continuar (b) No quitarse (c) At - decirle a alguien algo una y otra vez
   • You have shown great improvement, keep on practicing.
   • Thomas keeps on at Bill to look for a better job.

10. Keep out

    • (a) No dejar entrar, quedarse fuera (b) Of - no involucrarse en algo, evitar que alguien se involucre en algo
    • If Peter comes, please keep him out, I don't want to see him.
    • I always keep out of arguments. They make me nervous.

11. http://www.shertonenglish.com/es/gramatica/phrasal-verbs/verbo-to-keep

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