adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a closely guarded/well-kept secret (= a secret that few people are allowed to know )
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The recipe is a closely guarded secret.
well-kept/tidy British English ( also neat American English )
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The hotel is set in a well-kept garden.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
garden
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The hotel has a new indoor pool leading directly on to the well-kept gardens with table tennis and sun-bathing lawns.
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I loved the orderliness of their little bungalow, and their well-kept garden .
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There were greenhouses and well-kept gardens .
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There is a wonderfully positioned swimming pool with relaxing sunloungers, surrounded by well-kept gardens and a lovely loggia.
secret
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The whereabouts of the horse hormone farms and the numbers of animals involved are extraordinarily well-kept secrets .
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Her well-kept secret finally was revealed Tuesday.
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Precisely what was said between them to prompt the scuffle remains a fairly well-kept secret , but conditions certainly were incendiary enough.
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It was one of the less well-kept secrets in the paddock.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Our old house, now covered with ivy, still looked pretty and well-kept .
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Visitors should tour the palace, but don't forget the well-kept grounds -- well worth a visit.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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From its registration number it was only three years old, and it looked well-kept , the front tyres were new.
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Her well-kept secret finally was revealed Tuesday.
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I loved the orderliness of their little bungalow, and their well-kept garden.
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It was one of those large affairs sometimes known as colonial, with well-kept grounds stretching out in all directions.
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Precisely what was said between them to prompt the scuffle remains a fairly well-kept secret, but conditions certainly were incendiary enough.
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The hotel has a new indoor pool leading directly on to the well-kept gardens with table tennis and sun-bathing lawns.
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The whereabouts of the horse hormone farms and the numbers of animals involved are extraordinarily well-kept secrets.