I wanted to tell him the truth, but something held me back.

我本想告诉他真实情况，但又开不了口。

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She held me firmly by the elbow and led me to my aisle seat.

她使劲抓着我的胳膊肘，把我领到靠过道的座位上。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I remember when I was a little girl, how you held me tightly when I couldn't sleep.

我记得当我还是个小女孩的时候，当我睡不着的时候，您紧紧地抱着我。

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He told a friend: "I am satisfied that if the election were held now, nothing could prevent me from becoming president.

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Everything with me depends upon the estimation in which I am held."

我的一切,都和对我的评价密不可分"

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No, fortunately for me, I have not actually been any of the people held at gunpoint.

不，我很幸运，我没被人用枪威胁过。

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In retrospect, it was this instinct that held me together during the whole process.

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The guards held me up by my armpits and carried me, crumpled, out of the courtroom.

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Once I was in bed again, a kind of black-hole gravity held me there.

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