Mother, hold the plate higher.

妈妈，把盘子抬高点。

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This lets the person know your plate is full at the moment, so he/she should hold off on this as well as future requests.

这样说能让请你帮忙的人知道你的行程目前是满的，因此他/她会放弃请求，甚至以后也不会轻易打扰你。

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We have mentioned that though Luzon appears to be on the Philippine Plate, this is a land mass attached to the Philippines on the Sunda Plate because underlying rock strata hold it to the Sunda Plate.

我们提到过虽然看起来好像吕宋岛在菲律宾板块上，这其实是在巽他板块上与菲律宾相连的土地，因为下面的岩层是属于巽他板块的。

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Humans, for example, may hold onto a hot plate that contains food whereas they may drop an empty plate, showing that we take into account differing motivational requirements when responding to pain.

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No matter what position you hold within a company, your job is to tackle the most critical tasks on your plate, bring creative problem-solving to your challenges, and make excellent decisions.

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