we were holding
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Past progressive we conjugation of hold.

hold

By shifting our perceptions, we are able to bring greater understanding and deeper compassion, freeing the energy of what we were holding onto and transforming it into something else.
En changeant nos perceptions, nous sommes capables d’apporter une plus grande compréhension, libérant l’énergie de ce que nous retenons et le transformant en quelque chose d’autre.
At first reading I criticised the fact that in artificially raising the budget to 1.17 % of GNP we were holding our countries' taxpayers to ransom, and I mentioned the Committee on Budgets' gamble.
En première lecture, en effet, j'avais dénoncé le fait qu'en portant artificiellement le budget à 1, 17 % du PNB on prenait en otages les contribuables de nos États et j'avais évoqué le coup de poker de la commission des budgets.
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