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keep
Verb
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When you keep something for someone, you make something safe.
I will keep your money for you.
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When you keep something, you do not give it back.
Keep the change.
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When you keep safe, happy, quiet, etc, you stay that way.
Keep quiet.
keep
Noun
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A keep is a special safe area of a castle.
The king lived in the keep during the battle.
up
Preposition
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Toward the top or toward the sky.
The balloon went up.
up
Adjective
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In a high position.
The flag is up.
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.
It was an up day.
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optimistic.
He is feeling up.
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Put in trust, entrusted.
It is up to you.
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ing, occurring.
What’s up?
They act like something is up.
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.
Something is up with him.
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Planning, plotting mischief.
He is up to something.
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ed.
It is all up with them.
up
Noun
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State of being up, often with down.
Life has its ups and downs.
up
Verb
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Increase, increment.
We upped the dosage.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
pace
Noun
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The pace of something is how fast it moves.
The pace of change has been very, very slow.
Today, the pace of life is so much faster than it used to be.
They were frustrated at the pace of development that was taking place there.
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Somebody's pace is their speed, usually walking.
He quickened his pace, almost running.
The man's long legs forced Kev to pick up his pace.
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A pace is the distance between your feet when you walk.
She stopped three paces from the table.
pace
Verb
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Walk back and forth in a small space.
Groups of men, in all imaginable attitudes, were lying, standing, sitting, or pacing up and down.
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Set the speed in a race.
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Measure by walking.
pace
Preposition
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Contrary to the opinion of; Used to express polite disagreement
Nor, pace Bush, must all countries be with America or against it.