Kilo Lingo

#809 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to keep, to preserve, to conserve

Examples

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I keep all your letters.

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She kept a calm face.

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The cold water keeps the bread fresh.

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They preserved the old custom for many years.

forton .

Keep your strength for tomorrow.

is keeping in the sense of not letting something perish or slip away, which is a narrower job than English "keep" does. If you mean holding an object in your hand, that is ; if you mean guarding it against a threat, . Reach for for letters, food, customs, calm and strength. It is transitive and can take a predicate adjective directly, as in . The derivations are exactly what you would guess: konservo for preservation, o for a place things are kept, konservativa for the political sense.

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This word is part of lesson 17.