Lesson 55, Exercise 4 - "Hold on" to your wife or husband means to stay with them.

Watch the video. Read. Listen. Type the missing word, then click on Check.

Carlos says "Gonna hold on":
"The next time I get married I'm going to hold on".

In this picture we see a man and woman "holding on" to each other. When you "hold on", you stay together.
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Watch the video and read the corresponding text:

Interviewer: And so the next time you get married, do you think you're going to try harder?
Carlos: Gonna hold on.
Interviewer: You're going to hold on?
Carlos: I'm gonna (going to) hold on.
Interviewer: Okay.

Speaking about Carlos, he says that the next time he gets married, he's going to "hold on".
In other words, he is going to with his next wife for a long time. He is not going to get divorced.
The answer is one verb with 4 letters. That's all!



This picture shows a different meaning of "hold on". When we ask someone to wait, on the phone, for example, we use the same phrasal verb.
hold-on-clipart.jpg
Listen:
Hold has over 25 definitions. There are also many phrasal verbs with "hold" such as "hold back", "hold off", and the one which Carlos uses: hold on.
A basic review of the verb hold: to have or keep in the hand. These kids are holding fish:
hold-fish.GIF

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