She was holding onto the rail to keep her balance.

她抓着栏杆来保持身体平衡。

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As with all dead things, holding onto it won't keep it alive or change the fact that it's useful time has come and gone.

死了的东西，坚持下去不会让它复活，或者改变它有用的时间已经来了并且过去了的事实。

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But new messages just keep piling onto old ones like a game of Tetris you're about to lose.

但新的消息就像俄罗斯方块一样一直堆积到旧的上面，直到你不得不去搞定他。

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By determining how many of those molecules to hold onto, how many to keep in the body, how many to release determines the internal composition with regard to that ion.

通过控制体内这些分子的水平,即体内保有多少,又排出多少,就能够保证内环境中离子组成的稳定

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Keep grabbing onto opportunities with quiet assurance and integrity and you will shine!

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It wasn't a great move, but you give him credit ... just to hold onto it and keep it and put it in the net.

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