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How to sign: keep under control; keep in check
"suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool";
Similiar / Same: restrain, keep back, hold back, suppress
Within this category: bottle up, confine, control, hold, quench
How to sign: celebrate, as of holidays or rites
"Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur";
Similiar / Same: celebrate, observe
Within this category: commemorate, mourn, solemnize
How to sign: retain possession of
"Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married";
See also: withhold, keep back, keep back, retain, hold back, hold
Similiar / Same: hold on
Categories: have, have got, hold
Within this category: carry over, deny, harbor, retain, save, store, store, withhold
How to sign: the financial means whereby one lives
"each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood";
Similiar / Same: livelihood, bread and butter, sustenance, living, support
Categories: resource
Within this category: comforts, maintenance, meal ticket, subsistence
How to sign: continue a certain state, condition, or activity
"Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight";
