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hands

(= custody) (with 'in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child my fate is in your hands too much power in the president's hands your guests are now in my custody the mother was awarded custody of the children (= work force) the force of workers available

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Simple sentences

Sorry, I've got my hands full now.
We must keep our hands clean.
You should always wash your hands before meals.
Wash your hands with soap.
Shake hands with him.
He refused to shake hands.
He is clumsy with his hands.
He washed her dirty hands before the meal.
She washed her dirty hands before the meal.
Hands up!
Make a circle and hold hands.
They wash their hands with soap.
He has skilled hands.
I can place the palms of my hands on the floor without bending my knees.
Put your hands down!
You haven't washed your hands yet, have you?
Are your hands clean?
They shook hands when they met at the airport.
The burglar tied my hands behind my back with a rope.
We won hands down, because the other players were weak.
Hold the vase in both hands.
The store changed hands at the end of last summer.
Never rub the eyes when the hands are dirty.
Let's shake hands and be friends.
Have you washed your hands yet?
Do you wash your hands before meals?
You must always keep your hands clean.
My hands are numb from the cold.

Movie subtitles

I won't let your hands touch water.
Whereas in China power was centralised in the hands of the emperor, in Northern Europe particularly, there was an astonishing decentralisation.
What did Jesus do when they put nails through his hands?
I could either get down on my hands and knees here and spend the rest of my life counting every single one or I could do what Kepler's going to do, which we call sampling.
You look at his hands.
His hands are a tell-tale sign, okay?
His hands will tell you if he did something.
Show us your hands.
No one can lay their hands on her!
If only I have that child, you don't have to put blood on your hands every leap month, either.
I've never even made you a cup of honey water with my own hands.
Need quick hands, Billy.
This is all hands on deck.
Putty in our hands.
Always wash children's hands and faces.
I don't eat with my hands anymore.
My life is in your hands.
He eats with his hands. He doesn't know how to use a fork.
Let go! - Get your hands off it!
But it only works when you believe, because once you pull that thread, it just turns into nothing right in your hands.
Because before when I felt helpless, I would just, like, take whatever drug I could get my hands on and disappear.
Are you actually going to fight me with your bare hands?
Sitting here when all I really want to do is get my hands around his throat.
She could not bear to see his hands and feet seared off.
Destiny is in your hands.
Just because a few fathers wring their hands and a few mothers cry heart-rendingly!
Not until I have drunk the breath of her mouth and my hands are soaked with the scent of her hair, not until this woman, if she refuses to be my wife, has been my whore!
There, take my hands, kiss them quickly!
Kids will always be able to get their hands on PBJs.
Get your freaking hands in the air!
Get your hands off him!
Get your hands off him, you slags!
Hold your hands up.
I'm going to hold hands with her (join with her in business) and open a Kingdom in Shanghai.
It's hard for me to even hold hands and sleep!
Sleeping with just holding hands was really hard.
But, by the time you knock his socks off today, wine and dine him over the weekend and then do your presentation on Monday, he will be. Putty in our hands. - Oh.

News and current affairs

But the West's key features, democracy and the rule of law, have taken a far more severe battering at the hands of their defenders than by their attackers.
Afghanistan is in danger of falling back into the hands of terrorists, insurgents, and criminals, and the multi-billion-dollar opium trade is at the heart of the country's malaise.
Forced eradication risks pushing farmers into the hands of extremists, and thus will not lead to the sustainable reduction of opium fields.
But autonomous economic regions should be avoided as a threat to Afghan national unity because they would play into the hands of the warlords.
Xi Jinping has used his war on corruption to concentrate more power in his hands than any Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping, 30 years ago.
The US embraced the Shah of Iran by sending massive armaments, which fell into the hands of Iran's Revolutionary Government after 1979.
As for the severity of Saddam Hussein's criminal behavior, there is probably no official now in power anywhere in the world with as much blood on his hands.
America's TV ownership is almost entirely in private hands, and owners make much of their money through relentless advertising.
This simple logic has put American politics in the hands of the rich as never before.
In particular, they object to the plan's proposal to give increased powers and responsibilities to the Secretary General, whose selection is effectively in the hands of the Security Council's five permanent members, which wield veto power.
Those who advocate leaving globalization exclusively in the hands of the private sector may resent the idea of vesting tax-raising authority in a global agency.
Arafat presided over a sort of anarchy, encouraging rivalries, undermining other potential leaders, and ensuring that all authority (and money) ran through his hands.
In essence, humans living today are less likely to meet a violent death, or to suffer from violence or cruelty at the hands of others, than their predecessors in any previous century.
Aside from wringing their hands, what should governments be doing?
In the last six decades, all power has been concentrated in the hands of one person.
With the larger part of the outstanding stock in friendly hands, and institutional bondholders pressed to liquidate their positions in the midst of the post-Lehman Brothers selloff, the operation was a success.
Burundi's donors need to join hands with African leaders to make certain that the agreements are implemented.
Some blame Obama's own fears about repeating his predecessors' mistakes; others blame a hostile Congress for tying his hands.
Even the recent death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of United States special forces does not indicate anything about American power one way or the other.
Nor does he needs expensive machinery to plant his seeds; his plow is drawn by cattle, and he pushes seeds into the ground with his bare hands.
Herein lies the core of the dilemma for the US: it wants Egypt's basic state apparatus to survive, so that the levers of power do not fall into the wrong hands.
In any case, she will have her hands full pushing through the economic reforms for which she will be elected and which are her top priority.
Divided government also plays into the hands of Asia's separatists.

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