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Discover LudwigThe phrase "kept the picture" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to refer to a person retaining a photograph or image that they once had. For example, "She kept the picture of her family for many years."
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"I have kept the picture of the Gayle wicket".
The press was contacted and Mr. Ortiz defiantly kept the picture in the window but, after two weeks, overwhelmed by the thousands of people who had come to view the work, he removed it.
In "The Savages," Tamara Jenkins licked the problem by pitching the work of her stars (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney) at a steady level of tension; their hostile and loving jabs at each other kept the picture alive all the way through.
Later, Grint learned Rickman had kept the picture.
I thought it was really cool that they kept the picture there, kind of poetic, like the person she once was just sitting on the shelf.
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He kept the pictures in his office, a small cluttered room behind the reception desk.
He also kept the pictures, which are exhibited this month at the Basel art fair.
He kept the pictures from the stores on the Web site — but posted a mask on each one.
"So the heirs kept the pictures, paid the tax, then sold the art at auction for vastly more money.
For almost 40 years, the man – whose name has not been made public – kept the pictures hanging in his kitchen.
Ferocity, visual instinct and a fail-safe imagination kept the pictures at a level where most artists can't operate.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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