I
n.
maintenance
to earn one's ~
II
v.
1) ( D ; tr. ) ('to have') to ~ about ( esp. BE ), around (do you ~ a screwdriver around the house?)
2) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ after ('to ~ persuading') (~ after the children; they are still too untidy)
3) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ at ('to hold') (she kept them at their studies)
4) ( d ; tr. ) ('to hold') to ~ for (the librarian will ~ the book for you)
5) ( d ; intr. , refl. ) to ~ from ('to refrain') (she could not ~ from talking)
6) ( d ; tr. ) ('to conceal') to ~ from (to ~ a secret from smb.)
7) ( d ; tr. ) ('to hold back'); ('to prevent') to ~ from (the rain kept us from going; don't ~ her from her work)
8) ( d ; intr. ) ('to remain') to ~ off (~ off the grass)
9) ( d ; tr. ) ('to hold') to ~ off (~ the children off the street)
10) ( d ; intr. ) ('to remain') to ~ out of (~ out of my way; I kept out of their quarrel)
11) ( d ; tr. ) ('to hold') to ~ out of (~ the guests out of the house)
12) ( d ; intr. ) ('to be confined') to ~ to (she kept to her room)
13) ( d ; intr. ) ('to continue') to ~ to (to ~ to the right)
14) ( D ; tr. ) ('to reserve') to ~ to (to ~ a secret to oneself)
15) ( G ) ('to continue') she kept reading
16) ( J ) ('to cause') he kept us waiting
17) ( N ; used with an adjective, noun, past participle) (to maintain'); ('to hold') she kept us busy; they kept him prisoner; the fire kept us warm; she kept the children amused with her stories
18) ( P ; intr. , tr. ) ('to continue'); ('to hold') to ~ right; to ~ a car in a garage
19) (s) ('to remain') to ~ quiet; to ~ warm