Vocabulary
tenir
to have; to hold; to keep; to stay; to hold; to hold on; to hold oneself, to be standing; to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition; to behave; to be attached (to), to be fond (of), to hold dear; to hold dear, to be keen (about), to insist (upon); to consider (something); …
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tenir à
to be attached to; to be joined to (literally, physically); to be attached to (figuratively, emotionally), to like, to be fond of; to wish, to want, would like; to insist on; to derive from; to be born of; to be the result of (of abstracts); be up to (to be left to the whims of), for all ~ cares; to depend on (to be contingent on); (of persons) to stick to/with/within, to keep to, to limit oneself to, to be content with; (of abstracts) to stay in bounds of, to keep to
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tenir bon
to hold tight, to hold steady, to hang on, to keep going; to tough it out, to stick it out
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tenir quitte
to absolve someone of something, to let someone off something, to spare someone something
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tenir le coup
to withstand the weather; to hang tough, to tough it out; to stick it out, to weather the storm
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tenir la corde
to be in the inside lane, to stay in the inside lane; to be in an advantageous position
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tenir son rang
to hold one's own (to demonstrate oneself to be capable; to provide a respectable performance or worthy competition)
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tenir au corps
to stick to someone's ribs, to be filling, to be stodgy, to be heavy on the stomach
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tenir la caisse
to work the cash register, to be on the cash desk, to be the cashier; to hold the purse strings
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tenir en haleine
to keep someone on their toes; to keep someone in bated breath, to keep someone in a state of uncertainty, be it hopeful or fearful
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tenir le crachoir
to hold the floor, to talk a mile a minute (to talk nonstop without letting others get a word in edgewise)
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tenir la distance
to go the distance, to cover the distance, to stay the course, to last the course
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tenir table ouverte
to keep open house (to be ready to welcome guests - even unannounced - at any time)
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tenir le haut du pavé
to be on top, to occupy the highest social rank, to be at the top of the ladder; to set the pace, to lead the way
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tenir le loup par les oreilles
to have the wolf by the ear (to be in a dangerous situation from which one cannot disengage, but in which one cannot safely remain)
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tenir à quelque chose comme à la prunelle de ses yeux
to hold something very dear, to hold something close to one's heart
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