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hold
Verb
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When you hold something, you put it in your hand and keep it there.
He held the pen tightly as he wrote the letter.
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When you hold something, you keep it in one place and do not let it move away.
The police hold people who do crimes in prison.
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If you hold someone accountable/responsible/liable, you put the responsibility for something on them.
It's not clear if parents should be held responsible for the problems their children cause.
We are trying to finally get tobacco companies held responsible for killing people.
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/ If something holds true/good, it is or continues to be true.
The drug extends life for mice. If this holds true in humans as well, it will be a great advance.
He might be able to do it, but I don't think that holds for most men.
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If you hold somebody prisoner/hostage/captive, you do not allow them to go free.
Police in Luxembourg say a gunman holding 29 children hostage is demanding a mini-bus to take him to the airport.
your
Pronoun
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Your things are things which belong to you.
Can I eat some of your ice-cream please?
fire
Noun
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A chemical reaction that makes heat and flames or smoldering.
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Something that has made or can make this chemical reaction, such as a campfire.
We sat around the fire singing songs and telling stories.
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The, often accidental, occurrence of fire in a certain place which leads to its full or partial destruction.
There was a fire at the school last night and the whole place burned down.
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One of the four basic elements.
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One of the five basic elements.
fire
Verb
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To set something on fire.
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To shoot (a gun, cannon or a similar weapon).
We will fire our guns at the enemy.
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To shoot a gun, cannon or a similar weapon.
Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
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To end the employment of an employee because of something they did wrong.
She should fire the employee that stole from the company.
He got fired from his job.