Birds build nests out of sticks to hold their eggs and baby birds.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

And finally they could not hold their traders report the same kind of income other people reported so they threw out the sound accounting and went to the folly accounting.

最后，他们无法像其他人那样,报告相同数目的收入，因此他们,抛弃了健全的会计制度,而转向了愚蠢的会计制度。

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"We pledge not to hold major conventions,conferences or other special events involving significant travel to Arizona from out of state."

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

But talks were put on hold for much of Monday, after African delegates walked out saying the poor nations most affected by climate change are being ignored.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

The effort has been to squeeze the Taliban out of certain areas and the challenge now is to hold those areas and maintain dominance of those areas that is surely what the whole operation has been, has been all about,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

"Manifest destiny,and so forth. And I think most of the world probably feels it is in the same situation as Astrix and his village Gaullois in that we can identify with that sense of wanting to hold out and resist against the encroaching powers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22