homework

Write the letter of the word(s) that best complete(s) each sentence: a - hold it b - hold the line c - hold up your end d - hold true e - hold still f - on hold g - hold a candle to h - hold your liquor i - hold your head high j - hold your own 1. You did a great job. You can really hold your head high. ( = You can be proud of yourself.) 2. You have proven time and time again that you cannot hold your liquor. ( = that your tolerance for alcohol is very low/ that you get drunk very quickly) 3. I think you can hold your own ( = do reasonably well) against him, even though he\'s much stronger than you. 4. hold still ! = Don\'t fidget!/ Don\'t move! 5. Please hold the line ( = stay on the phone). He\'ll be with you in a second. 6. The operator told me to wait and put me on hold. 7. If you don\'t hold up your end of the deal ( = if you don\'t do what you agreed to do), I\'m not going to do what I promised either. 8. His recent novels don\'t hold a candle to( = are not nearly as good as) his earlier ones. 9. All the things I told you last year still hold true. ( = remain true) 10. hold it! = Stop!