Keep and Leave

good	good keep	good leave
best	best keep	best leave
typical	typical keep	typical leave
short	short keep	short leave
Other adjectives: complete, compassionate, single, powerful, huge, extra.

Common collocations

life	keep life	leave life
people	keep people	leave people
job	keep job	leave job
body	keep body	leave body
Other words: family, company, team, show, house, time, way, world, money, game, head, ship, city, everyone, friends.

He uses Kel to get her to leave or keep a secret.

Source: Series / Kenan & Kel
At one point in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, there is a scene where Tifa is chiding Cloud about letting people in more often while on the other side of the room Reno and Rude are arguing over whether to leave or keep watching.

Source: Funny Background Event / Animated Films
And then he can choose whether or not he wants to stay and keep pointlessly fighting or leave the country to its fate.

Source: Wrong Side All Along

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