Keep

Keep

1. Keep ahead

   • Mantenerse al frente
     • The new supermarket keeps ahead because of its good prices

2. Keep away

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

3. 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

4. Keep from

   • No contarle algo al alguien
     • You're keeping something from me. Tell me what it is!

5. Keep in

   • (a) hacer que un niño se quede en su casa o escuela por estar castigado (b) hacer que alguien se quede internado porque todavía no está bien (c) with - andar bien con alguien
     • The teacher kept me in after class because I talked all the time - Nancy is better now, but the doctor kept her in for observation - Try to keep in with John, you'll spend many hours working with him

6. 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 - Keep your coat on, we have to go outside again - Thomas keeps on at Bill to look for a better job

7. 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

8. Keep up

   • (a) sostener, seguir practicando (b) with - mantener el ritmo
     • You're doing a wonderful job. Keep it up! - It's hard to keep up with technology, there's something new everyday

9. Keep to

   • cumplir con, mantener un secreto
     • I'll tell you what really happened, I know you'll keep it to yourself

10. Keep at

    • Perseverar en algo, insistir
      • I wanted to finish my report so I keep at it and worked till 8 o'clock

11. 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

12. 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 - Keep back from the edge! You might fall!