Act
Act verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.
Keep on
Keep on verb - Allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature.
Both terms in one sentence
- For the first three seasons, Angel repeatedly stops Wolfram & Hart from committing some act of heinous evil or another, just to watch the evil machine keep on chugging along.
Source: Xanatos Speed Chess - Even if it doesn't violates the rules per se, it's assumable that in Real Life a judge would allow the witness to keep on talking in the face of such a blatant act of Jerkassery.
Source: Artistic License Law - We're fighting to protect all of creation
Every human, every Shadow... Every resident of Heaven, Hell, and every realm in-between
If Tharizdun returns nobody will be spared, so I can't keep on acting like some petty little child and act like I'm above it all!
Source: "World of Cardboard" Speech
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