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Bookmark or Share- sentence meaning - "Hold still" Vs "Don't move - English Language ..."Hold still" is an expression, and in your particular context it's equivalent to "don't move". That said, there are contexts where one of those sounds more natural: a police officer is way likelier to say "don't move!" rather than "hold still!". In fact, the latter would sound odd/funny.
- word usage - Using hold on and hold off - English Language Learners ...Note that a few centuries ago, Hold! could be used with no preposition as an imperative meaning [You] Hold on! / Stay back! a usage which has long since died out. But there is a current prepositionless usage whereby someone on the telephone says Please hold, meaning Please wait [while I put you "on hold"] until I can respond appropriately to ...
- Tense Agreement: 'hold' vs. 'held' - English Language Learners Stack ...Held is more natural in that construction, but when it's a property which is likely to continue to the present, hold is perfectly good, and draws attention to the fact that it is still the case. As Alex_ander points out, you cannot in fact be sure that they still hold those views, so it may not be logically solid to say hold.
- In what kinds of situations do you use "holder" and "owner"?For future readers: Hold often goes with things whose value goes beyond their physical forms, e.g., licenses, passports; or things people have to work (hard) to earn instead of simply using money to own, e.g., records, licenses, jobs, sports titles, certificates.
- to hold a conversation VS to maintain a conversation"hold a conversation" is the term that you would generally use to describe talking to somebody in a normal situation. "maintain a conversation" is generally used when the speaker's ability to keep a conversation going is being assessed: for example in a language exam, or when assessing people with learning difficulties, mental issues or ...
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