The research project is mostly on hold now. And so is Louisiana's oyster industry, the largest in the Gulf.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

There is something that one might be able to hold on to: the knob of something, the little flame of something that ; The grain of sand. -The grain of sand; but there is really not a decent metaphor for it, I think.

一个你可以依靠的支点：,一个不同寻常的想法，一个思想的小火花,就像一粒沙中看世界，-一粒沙中看世界;,不过我认为任何比喻都不够贴切。

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Before returning to Washington, Secretary Clinton is to fly to Russia's ethnically diverse Republic of Tartarstan to hold a roundtable discussion on Thursday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

To do this, Pelosi has to try to hold on to the Democrats' current majority in the House of Representatives when the entire House is up for re-election this November.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Mr.Obama is on his first trip to Asia as president and will hold the first U.S.summit with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on the sidelines of the APEC meetings.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Law Professor Yusri Mohammad, with the International University in Malaysia, says the Muslim community is not becoming more conservative, but it is trying to hold on to its values and way of life.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

The Liberal Democratic Party suffered an embarrassing defeat in the Tokyo Metropolitan Election a few weeks ago, and it is expected to lose its half-century hold on Japanese politics in the August 30 general election.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27