As long as a phone does not go "on-hook," activation of various line pushbuttons will automatically place the first line on hold without the use of a special "hold" button.

当电话机没有“接通”时，各种线路按钮激活自动将第一根线路置于保留状态，不需要使用特殊的“保留”按键。

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All this raises the question of whether Germany and the EU can hold the line on budget discipline.

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Indeed if the government does hold the line on pay and the gap between private and public-sector earnings continues to grow it could have problems finding enough employees to fill all those refurbished schools and hospital wards.

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We in the Congress, especially with the letter I have put together to urge the President to hold the line on spending, are saying that enough of us will vote to uphold or sustain his vetoes of spending bills, if Washington goes back to its bad old ways of spending more than our people can afford.

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