Puzzling Pair : TENIR – TO HOLD
- Je tiens à te dire que tu parles bien.
- I really want to tell you that you speak well.
| tenir | to hold |
| tenir à | to really want |
| tenir à peu de choses | to almost |
| tenir conseil | to deliberate |
| tenir de | to take after |
| tenir de | to have heard from |
| tenir l’alcool | to drink a lot of alcohol without feeling/looking drunk |
| tenir la chandelle | to be the third/fifth wheel, to feel excluded |
| tenir la route | to be plausible |
| tenir pour | to consider as |
| tenir sa langue | to not say something |
| en tenir pour quelqu’un | to be in love |
| Qu’à cela ne tienne ! | no problem, no big deal, never mind, so be it |
| s’en tenir à | to only do |
| se tenir | to maintain oneself in a position |
| se tenir | to hold one another |
| se tenir (bien, mal) | to behave (well, badly) |
| se tenir à | to be at such a place |
| se tenir pour | to consider oneself |
| tenir la jambe | to keep talking to someone who is not interested |
| tenir la dragée haute | to let people know who’s the boss |
| tenir le coup | to resist |
| tenir en haleine | to excite a person’s interest |
| tenir le haut du pavé | to have a high social status |
| tenir lieu | to be located |
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