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  • Ik houd het graag in de gaten, omdat ik het gevoel heb dat alle journalisten die over gamen schrijven, er te weinig inzicht in hebben.

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  • When we come back, we'll speak with Lebanon's special U.N. envoy, N.houd Mahmoud, on his government's plans for dealing with this new U.N. Security Council resolution and Hezbollah.

    CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2006 2006

  • It's from the Dutch "houd fast," which, as one can imagine, is translated as "hold fast."

    An exciting opportunity to use “avast” at the dinner table tonight 2005

  • Yo 'thowt as yo' could keep quiet an 'stond i' my way, an 'houd me back till I'd forgetten?

    That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

  • Iv aw hed a houd o 'mo lass, it's noan o' yere aw'd be

    Stephen Archer and Other Tales George MacDonald 1864

  • A'd ha 'liked to ha' set her agait wi 'a' sponsible lodger afore a'd ha 'left, for she's just so soft-hearted, any scamp may put upon her if he nobbut gets houd on her blind side.'

    Sylvia's Lovers — Complete Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

  • A'd ha 'liked to ha' set her agait wi 'a' sponsible lodger afore a'd ha 'left, for she's just so soft-hearted, any scamp may put upon her if he nobbut gets houd on her blind side.'

    Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 3 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

  • Tak 'houd, lass, and give a firm grip, and God remember thee

    Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 3 Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

  • 'Dunnot stand idle, lass, but houd on wi' us; there's many a bonny life at stake, and many a mother's heart a-hangin 'on this bit o' hemp.

    Sylvia's Lovers — Complete Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

  • Tak 'houd, lass, and give a firm grip, and God remember thee

    Sylvia's Lovers — Complete Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837

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