Interest
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
How words are described
| human | human interest | human keep |
| old | old interest | old keep |
| good | good interest | good keep |
| clear | clear interest | clear keep |
| Other adjectives: best, specific, original, single, actual, great, huge, slight, main, personal, major. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91 does the opposite of this with the hero managing to save his love interest and keep all his friends alive, but his side winds up losing the actual war and their home town is conquered.
Source: Bittersweet Ending / Anime - The song is reassuring a partner that they don't have to change to keep the singer's interest - they have his interest just as they are now.
Source: Isn't It Ironic? -
Her love interest, and eventual husband in the series finale Kid, learns her secret in the very first episode and agrees to help her keep it.
Source: Sweet Polly Oliver
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