5. keep (verb.)
Does your watch keep good time? 你的表走得准吗?
Sorry to have kept you waiting. 对不起，让你久等了。
Does your school keep all day? 你们学校全天上课吗?
6. let (verb.)
Let us pray. 让我们祈祷吧。
The pair of rubber shoes let (in) water. 这双胶鞋漏水。
The flat lets for 1500 yuan a month. 这套公寓每月租金1500元。
7. make (verb.)
Make yourself comfortable. 请随意。
What time do you make it? (What do you make the time?) 你看现在几点了?
He made to go. 他要走了。
8. put (verb.)
I put a question to him. 我向他提出一个问题。
What a way you have of putting things! 瞧你这人怎么那样说话!
I put her at about 35. 我估计她大概35岁。
9. seem (verb.)
Be what you seem (to be). 要表里如一。
It seems as if it is going to rain. 看来快下雨了。
I can’t seem to solve it right now. 看来我无法立刻解决它。
10. take (verb.)
Be careful not to take cold. 小心不要着凉。
Do you take me for a fool? 你以为我是傻瓜吗?
Don’t take it so seriously. 不要把这事看得太严重。