hand on
verb- To transfer (something) to someone else, especially as a replacement for oneself (such as an official office or duty); to transfer something that was originally given to oneself from someone else.
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Which way?”, holding her hand on the top of her head to feel which way it was growing, and she was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size: to be sure, this generally happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.
But Delia stopped him with her hand on his lips.
“Keep thy hand on my shoulder,” Bagheera whispered.
It just satisfied me here”--she put one hand on her breast--“it made a queer funny ache and yet it was a pleasant ache.
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