| 1. | Here, hold this (for a while). | Eo, baj lewaj. | baj |
| 2. | Now that you’re here you can hold the funnel so I can fill the engine up with gas.” P589 | Kiiō ke kwopād ijin, kwōn ja jibwe banōḷ e bwe in teiñi tāāñ e an injin e kōn kiaj.” | banōḷ |
| 3. | Hold on | Kwōn kabbōjrak. | bōjrak |
| 4. | Do your best to hold that bird so that it doesn't fly away. | Kate eok dāpij bao ṇe bwe en jab kelọk. | dāpdep |
| 5. | Do your best to hold on because this vehicle is going fast. | Kate eok dāpdep bwe wa in ej buuḷ. | dāpdep |
| 6. | Hold your breath. | Kwōn dek menowaṃ. | dek |
| 7. | Hold on to the rope so you don't fall. | Kwōn ekkejel wōt ilo to ṇe bwe kwōn jab wōtlọk. | ekkejel |
| 8. | Hold out your hand. | Eḷḷọke peiṃ. | eḷḷọk |
| 9. | As he handed me the bucket, he told me to hold on because there was a big wave coming our way. P610 | Ke ej letok bakōj eo eba in dāpdep bwe juon eo ṇo eibeb tok. | ibeb |
| 10. | “Okay, just stay there, because I'm going to drag one end of the board up on deck and through the doorway while you hold the other end; that way it won’t fall on you or the engine,” Father suggested. P677 | “Ekwe, kwōn kab pād wōt ijeṇe bwe inaaj ekkotak lōñ ḷọk im iperi ḷọk ioon teek i lowaan kōjām ṇe ḷọk im kwōnaaj jibwe tu ḷokaer ilo iien eṇ ij kōtḷọki bwe ren jab wōtḷọk im ure eok kab injin ṇe,” Jema ekar kapilōk tok eō. | ipep |
| 11. | Would you please let me hold the baby? | Jaketok ṃōk niñniñ ṇe | jake |
| 12. | They will hold a song fest in the school building. | Renaaj jebta ilo ṃōn jikuuḷ eṇ. | jebta |
| 13. | Don't hold back from moving forward with your idea. | Jab jenlik jān aṃ wōnṃaanḷọk kọn ḷōmṇak eo aṃ. | jenliklik |
| 14. | The coconut oil made his hand too slippery to hold the stick. | Pinniep eo ekajjir pein im eban dāpij aḷaḷ eo. | jijir |
| 15. | Tell that child to hold on to keep from falling. | Kwōn kajiroke ajiri ṇe bwe en jab okjak. | jirok |
| 16. | “Hold on,” he said, “Maybe we should lower the sail first; it’s not good for it to be flapping in the wind like this. P1119 | “Kōttar,” eba “Bōlen eṃṃan ñe jero poon wūjḷā ṇe ṃokta bwe enana an ejjopālpāl. | jopāl |
| 17. | Hold him because he'll fall. | Kwōn kabwijere bwe enaaj buñ. | kabwijer |
| 18. | “I am going to hold one end of the boards and put them inside; then you grab the other side and pass them down.” P744 | “Inaaj jibwe jabōn rā kā rej deḷọñ tok innem kwōnaaj jibwe jabōn jab ṇe ippaṃ im kabwijere laḷ waj.” | kabwijer |
| 19. | “Son, hold on a minute and don’t go to sleep yet,” he said. P816 | “Nejū e, bar kate eok jidik im jab kijer in mājur,” eba. | kate |
| 20. | “Hold on a minute,” Father said. P1102 | “Kōttar jidik,” Jema ekar ba. | kattar |
| 21. | Even though the rope was pulled taut, he continued to hold it | Jekdọọn ñe ekankan to eo ak pen in deo an keepep. | keepep |
| 22. | I had to hold onto the teapot, so it wouldn't topple over, and occasionally stir the fire, which tended to die because the firewood was damp. P885 | Ikar aikuj dāpij tibat eo bwe en jab okjak im pāddo kenọkwōle ḷọk kijeek eo bwe ej itok wōt in mej kōn an ṃōḷauwi kane ko. | kenọkwōl |
| 23. | Hold your hands palms upward. | Kwōn kōjāl peiṃ. | kōjjāl |
| 24. | Hold that bag open so I can fill it with copra. | Kōjāle pāāk ṇe bwe in kanne eake waini. | kōjjāl |
| 25. | Use a rubber-band to hold your hair from flapping in the wind. | Kwōn likoik bōraṃ bwe en jab jejopālpāl (ejjopālpāl). | liko |
| 26. | Hold it tightly and make it fit together more tightly (from a chant referring to the lashing of a canoe). | Kōkki im kōmājojoiki. | mājojo |
| 27. | Don't hold a grudge against me. | Jab ṇotaik eō. | ṇota |
| 28. | Eating fish brains will cause you to be able to hold your breath for a long time. | Kōmālij in ek enaaj kōppakij eok. | pakij |
| 29. | I can hold my breath longer than you. | Ippakij jān kwe. | pakij |
| 30. | Professors came from the University of Hawai‘i and instructed the representatives on important points of how to meet and hold legislative sessions. S16 | Ear itok ri-kaki jān Iuunibōjiti eṇ an Awai im raar katakin ri-pepe ro wāween kwelọk im bar men ko jet eḷap tokjāer ñan kōṃṃani kwelọk ko an kien. | pepe |
| 31. | As soon as he lifted up the first piece, I caught hold of the other, and the two of us passed it to the guys up above. P684 | Ej rōḷọk wōt aḷaḷ eo jinointata jān pein ak epo ippa im kōṃro jiṃor jejaak ḷọk ñan ḷōṃaro i lōñ. | rōḷọk |
| 32. | We really had to hold on tight in order to keep ourselves from falling down. P748 | Kōmmān ej aikuj lukkuun jirok bwe kōmin jab rotak. | rotak |
| 33. | They hold track and field events every U.N. Day. | Rej wūntokai aolep U.N. Day. | wūntokai |