Sentence examples of "tenir" in French

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On doit tenir ses promesses. One must keep one's promises.
Pouvez-vous tenir ce bord ? Will you please hold this edge?
Nous devrions tenir compte de sa jeunesse. We should take his youth into account.
Il vaudrait mieux pour toi de te tenir à distance d'un tel homme. It would be better for you to stay away from such a man.
Je veux me tenir aussi près du bord que je le peux sans aller au-delà. Du bord, on voit toutes les sortes de choses qu'on ne peut voir depuis le centre. I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.
Il faut tenir ses promesses. One must keep one's promises.
Ce noeud ne va pas tenir. This knot will not hold.
Nous devons tenir compte du fait qu'elle est âgée. We must take into account the fact that she is old.
Vous devriez tenir votre promesse. You should keep your promise.
Je veux juste lui tenir la main. I just want to hold her hand.
Tu dois tenir compte du fait qu´il est trop jeune. You must take into account the fact that he is too young.
Tu devrais tenir ta promesse. You should keep your promise.
Ce n'est pas la manière convenable de tenir sa tasse de thé. This is not the proper way to hold a teacup.
On doit toujours tenir ses promesses. One must always keep one's promise.
Pouvez-vous tenir ces sacs jusqu'à quatre heures de l'après-midi ? Could you hold these bags until four this afternoon?
Essaie de le tenir en échec. Try to keep it down.
Ce n'est pas la manière adéquate de tenir sa tasse de thé. This is not the proper way to hold a teacup.
Essayez de le tenir en échec. Try to keep it down.
Je voulais le tuer, mais j'étais trop stressé pour tenir fermement son Desert Eagle. I wanted to kill him, but I was too stressed to hold firmly his Desert Eagle.
Il oublie souvent de tenir sa promesse. He often fails to keep his promise.
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