10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOLD UP ONE'S HANDS»
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The Nonverbal Shift in Early Modern English Conversation
... hang the lip [affect display] »., 2. To look vexed. hold one's head high [affect
display] v., 30. a. To behave proudly or arrogantly. hold up by the chin [quasi-
gesture] n.\ 1. d. To keep from sinking, support. hold up one's hands [emblem] v.,
...
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The Royal Dictionary, French and English, and English and ...
To hold up one's hands to heaven, Lever les mains au ciel. q3" To hold up. (or to
bear up) Appuyer, soutener, protéger. 53* He held me up (or amuféd me) feve-
ral months, // m'a tenu plusieurs mois en suspens, il m'a amusé plusieurs mois, ...
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The English-irish Dictionary
Do buajn'creafavn ref '00 g4e' neac" soeagla na'c' 1e4161i44-6 411]"0 ba
1111414 le11' "00 "E0771bedssc amac' go L6n. h Ds. To hold out. Do 1e41'41i1
amac'. Dt. To hold up. Do c'ongb'cffl, 1'u41'. Ds. To hold up'one's hands to heaven
.
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Grand Dictionnaire Hachette-Oxford
... mains/les bras en l'air to hold up one's hands/one's arms; d les yeux ouverts/
baissés to keep one's eyes open/lowered; d les poings serrés to keep one's fists
clenched 9 (maintenir en place) to hold down [chargement]; to hold up [pantalon,
...
Marie-Hélène Corréard, Valerie Grundy, Jean-Benoit Ormal-Grenon, 2007
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An English and Swedish Dictionary, Wherein the Generality of ...
То hold 'UP one's hands to heaven , uplôfrn /inn hdxdrr ril Ммте1т. 0:? To hold
up or to bear up, uppclmlla, under/rollo. He held me пр or amufed me Гей-ага]
months, lian ими/281! mig Едем тдпаа'ег. Ú] will o out , if it does but hold up, jug
wil ...
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A comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary
ta- ngan a) to hold up both hands as a sign of surrender, b) to hold up one's hand
to show that one is present or to answer a teacher's question, c) to defer (to),
kowtow (to), d) to hold up one's hands as a sign that one is unable to do s.t. ~
tepuk ...
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Dizionario Italiano, Ed Inglese Di Giuseppe Baretti: 2
T0 hold up one's hands , levnr le mani. 'l'o hold up (to heat up) appoggiare,
appuntellnrc, [mule/(arc, sostenere, protcg° gore. To hold back, ritenere. HOLD,
interi. (forbear, stop, he still) alto, fermate, ferma, state cheto, non vi movcte, ll'
ndnte ...
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Dictionnaire françois-anglois et anglois-françois ... revue ...
To hold up one's hands to heaven, Lever les mains au del. Will you hold him up?
Le soutiendrez- vous, If protegerex-voiis f To HULD wathr, (in Sea- language),
Srier (te- nxr Ifs ariroits dans I'taii en sens contraire, pour arrtter la marche d'un ...
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Dizionario Italiano Ed Inglese. A Dictionary Italian and ...
To hold up, sware, alzare. _ To hold up one's hands , levar le man: . To hold up [
to i'car up]_appoggmre, appunto/lare , epuntellare , sustene-re', proteggere . prof.
ioiìcngo . prn. lostenni, protel i. To hold back, ritenne. pref- ritengo. pi-ct. ritenni.
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Dizionario Italiano, Ed Inglese
I held it out against them all, io solo feci fronte a tutti. To hold out a long ¡>i<ge,
rnaitteuerc un tungo assedio. This law- suit holds out too long , queslo processo
dura troppo. To held up, lévate, álzate. To hold up one's hands, It far le ment.
Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1829
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOLD UP ONE'S HANDS»
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Revelation 21:1-6: Earth Day, God and the Apocalypse
... the stubbornness of entrenched energy systems, and our usual unsustainable ways of living, it's easy to hold up one's hands -- or fall to one's ... «Huffington Post, Apr 13»
My dark days with Phil
In one of his letters to me, Spector saw it that way too, sending me this quote: “It is [hardly] possible to do more than hold up one's hands in ... «Irish Examiner, Mar 13»
