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| tenir à |
| 1. v. to be attached to; to be joined to (literally, physically) |
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| 2. v. to be attached to (figuratively, emotionally), to like, to be fond of |
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| 3. v. to wish, to want, would like |
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| Je tiens à exprimer, en mon nom personnel et en celui de notre Parlement européen, l’expression de notre profonde sympathie et nos sincères condoléances à l’égard des familles des victimes. - I |
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| 4. v. (tenir à ce que + subjunctive / tenir à + infinitive) to insist on |
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| 5. v. (of abstracts) to derive from; to be born of; to be the result of |
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| 6. v. (impersonal) be up to (to be left to the whims of), for all ~ cares; to depend on gloss, to be contingent on |
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| il tient à + quelqu'un ou quelque chose + que + subjonctif |
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| il ne tient qu'à + quelque chose + que + subjonctif |
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| il ne tient qu'à + quelqu'un ou quelque chose + de + infinitif |
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| s'il ne tenait qu'à lui + conditionnel - if it were up to him + conditional |
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| 7. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, s'en tenir à / se tenir à) (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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| Analysis |
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| tenir |
| 1. v. to have; to hold |
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| 2. v. to keep |
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| 3. v. to take (e.g., take into account, take into consideration); to consider; to account for; to reflect |
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| Peut-être devons-nous tenir compte de plusieurs problèmes. - Maybe we should take several issues into account. |
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| 4. v. to stay; to hold |
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| à |
| 1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. |
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| 2. prep. to (destination) |
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| aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way |
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| Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris. |
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| 3. prep. to (until) |
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