āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to keep on
[phrase form: keep]
01
āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to continue an action or state without interruption
Transitive: to keep on doing sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite the setbacks, she decided to keep on chasing her goals.
āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§āĻ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋāϤ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to continue employing someone
Transitive: to keep on an employee
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They offered to keep him on as a consultant after his retirement.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻŦāϏāϰ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāϰā§āĻļāĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to continue renting a house, apartment, or other property
Transitive: to keep on a property
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite the move, they decided to keep the apartment on for a few more months.
āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ āϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§āĻ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāϏā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŽā§āύā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to persistently talk to a person about something or someone, often in an annoying manner
Intransitive: to keep on at sb | to keep on about sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He said he'd fix the leaky faucet, but she kept on at him until he did.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻā§ āĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻž āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āϏ⧠āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤



























