(literary) to lead; to take with one; to marshal / (literary) to guide and support; to give guidance and help to

(literary) leading / (literary) guiding and supporting

a hand / a handle, grip / a paw, foreleg / a way of acting, means / (board games) a move, play

pick up

(literally) to hold someone's hand (grasp someone's hand) / (idiomatic) to hold someone's hand (guide somebody)

carry in hand

child

take

to lower

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend