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{
"form": "keeps up appearances",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "keeping up appearances",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "kept up appearances",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kept up appearances",
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"past"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"text": "For my father's sake, I thought I must keep up appearances, but the food stuck in my throat, and I could not swallow another mouthful.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "With tact and management it would be possible to partially satisfy creditors, and keep up appearances for six months more.",
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}
],
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"To pretend to be all right or that everything is going well; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety."
],
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"links": [
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"all right",
"all right"
],
[
"wealth",
"wealth"
],
[
"comfort",
"comfort"
],
[
"propriety",
"propriety"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To pretend to be all right or that everything is going well; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "save face"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maintain appearances"
},
{
"word": "save appearances"
}
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "de schijn ophouden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "pitää yllä kulissia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "sauver les apparences"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "den Schein wahren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "fenntartja a látszatot"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "mantenere le apparenze"
},
{
"alt": "とりつくろう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toritsukurou",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "取り繕う"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zachowywać pozory"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zachować pozory"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ xoróšuju mínu pri ploxój igré",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "де́лать хоро́шую ми́ну при плохо́й игре́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soxranjátʹ xoróšuju mínu pri ploxój igré",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "сохраня́ть хоро́шую ми́ну при плохо́й игре́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "deržátʹ xoróšuju mínu pri ploxój igré",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "держа́ть хоро́шую ми́ну при плохо́й игре́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "mantener las apariencias"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "guardar las formas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "salvar las apariencias"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "hålla skenet uppe"
}
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "keep up appearances"
}
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"form": "keeps up appearances",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "keeping up appearances",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "kept up appearances",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "kept up appearances",
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"past"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"word": "save face"
}
],
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"text": "For my father's sake, I thought I must keep up appearances, but the food stuck in my throat, and I could not swallow another mouthful.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "With tact and management it would be possible to partially satisfy creditors, and keep up appearances for six months more.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pretend to be all right or that everything is going well; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety."
],
"links": [
[
"all right",
"all right"
],
[
"wealth",
"wealth"
],
[
"comfort",
"comfort"
],
[
"propriety",
"propriety"
]
],
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"(idiomatic) To pretend to be all right or that everything is going well; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maintain appearances"
},
{
"word": "save appearances"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "de schijn ophouden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "pitää yllä kulissia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "sauver les apparences"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "den Schein wahren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "fenntartja a látszatot"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "mantenere le apparenze"
},
{
"alt": "とりつくろう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toritsukurou",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "取り繕う"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zachowywać pozory"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zachować pozory"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ xoróšuju mínu pri ploxój igré",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "де́лать хоро́шую ми́ну при плохо́й игре́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soxranjátʹ xoróšuju mínu pri ploxój igré",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "сохраня́ть хоро́шую ми́ну при плохо́й игре́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "deržátʹ xoróšuju mínu pri ploxój igré",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "держа́ть хоро́шую ми́ну при плохо́й игре́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "mantener las apariencias"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "guardar las formas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "salvar las apariencias"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pretend to be all right",
"word": "hålla skenet uppe"
}
],
"word": "keep up appearances"
}
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