On va faire du bricolage. Je percerai le plafond. Tu tiendras l’échelle.
TENIR means ‘to hold’ and many many other things. Here are 30 common expressions with TENIR
| tenir | to hold |
| ça ne tient qu’à toi | it’s up to you |
| 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 à | to really want |
| tenir à peu de choses | to almost |
| tenir au courant | to keep posted |
| tenir compte de | to take into consideration |
| tenir conseil | to deliberate |
| tenir de | to take after |
| tenir en haleine | to excite a person’s interest |
| tenir ferme | to hold steady, to not given an inch |
| 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 dragée haute | to let people know who’s the boss |
| tenir la jambe | to keep talking to someone who is not interested |
| tenir la route | to be plausible |
| tenir le choc | to cope with a problem |
| tenir le coup | to resist |
| tenir le haut du pavé | to have a high social status, to be on top |
| tenir lieu de | to serve as |
| tenir pour | to consider as |
| tenir quelque chose de quelqu’un | to have heard something from somebody |
| tenir sa langue | to not say something |
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