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| 1. I think she feels that being married to Dave is holding her _____ . |
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away |
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| 2. I wonder what´s holding him _____ . He should have been here hours ago. |
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up |
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down |
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out |
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| 3. He was so strong that it took four men to hold him _____ . |
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away |
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out |
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up |
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down |
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| 4. He always holds his stomach _____ when a beautiful woman walks by. |
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back |
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down |
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in |
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up |
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| 5. The union is holding _____ an increase of 5%, but they´ll never get it. |
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up for |
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out for |
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in for |
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over for |
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| 6. There´s something he´s not telling us. He´s definitely holding _____ us. |
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down on |
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away on |
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by on |
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out on |
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| 7. The authorities don´t hold _____ much hope of finding any survivors. |
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in |
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out |
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over |
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off |
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| 8. Given the uncertainty in the market, we´ve decided to hold _____ on the invetsment for the immediate future. |
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up |
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in |
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off |
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out |
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| 9. Could you hold _____ to this for me? I´ll pick it up tomorrow. |
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in |
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out |
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down |
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on |
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| 10. The cinema is holding the film _____ for another week as it has proven so popular. |
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on |
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over |
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up |
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down |
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| 11. The bank was held _____ at gunpoint by three masked men. |
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up |
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down |
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away |
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out |
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| 12. Ever since I got the job instead of her, she has held it _____ me. |
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up |
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to |
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against |
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by |
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| 13. I hope the rain holds _____ until Monday. We´re having a barbecue this weekend. |
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away |
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off |
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out |
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down |
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