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"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "verb",
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"glosses": [
"to be attached to; to be joined to (literally, physically)"
],
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"attached",
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"to be attached to (figuratively, emotionally), to like, to be fond of"
],
"id": "en-tenir_à-fr-verb-fzkZHahP",
"links": [
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"like"
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "aimer"
},
{
"word": "aimer bien"
},
{
"word": "chérir"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I would like to express, personally and on behalf of the European Parliament, our profound sympathy and sincere condolences to the families of the victims.",
"text": "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.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to wish, to want, would like"
],
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"wish",
"wish"
],
[
"want",
"want"
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"would like",
"would like"
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},
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"glosses": [
"to insist on"
],
"id": "en-tenir_à-fr-verb-0ymXKsZy",
"links": [
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"insist",
"insist"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(tenir à ce que + subjunctive / tenir à + infinitive) to insist on"
]
},
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"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "2018, Zaz, Saint-Valentin",
"text": "J’irai sur l’avenue, embrasser les statues. À quoi tient leur salut ? Est-ce à leurs cœurs de pierre ? À leurs froides manières ?",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"glosses": [
"to derive from; to be born of; to be the result of (of abstracts)"
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "il tient à + quelqu’un ou quelque chose + que + subjonctif",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "il ne tient qu’à + quelque chose + que + subjonctif",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "il ne tient qu’à + quelqu’un ou quelque chose + de + infinitif",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "if it were up to him + conditional",
"text": "s’il ne tenait qu’à lui + conditionnel",
"type": "example"
}
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"be up to (to be left to the whims of), for all ~ cares; to depend on (to be contingent on)"
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"(impersonal) be up to (to be left to the whims of), for all ~ cares; to depend on (to be contingent on)"
],
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"impersonal"
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"glosses": [
"(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"
],
"id": "en-tenir_à-fr-verb-y4IqqEyZ",
"raw_glosses": [
"(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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"takes a reflexive pronoun"
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"ipa": "/tə.ni.ʁ‿a/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tə.ni.ʁ‿a s(ə) kə/",
"note": "tenir à ce que"
},
{
"ipa": "/s‿ɑ̃ t(ə).ni.ʁ‿a/",
"note": "s'en tenir à"
},
{
"ipa": "/sə t(ə).ni.ʁ‿a/",
"note": "se tenir à"
}
],
"word": "tenir à"
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"to be attached to; to be joined to (literally, physically)"
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"attached",
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"joined",
"joined"
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"to be attached to (figuratively, emotionally), to like, to be fond of"
],
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"like"
],
[
"fond",
"fond"
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},
{
"word": "aimer bien"
},
{
"word": "chérir"
}
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"english": "I would like to express, personally and on behalf of the European Parliament, our profound sympathy and sincere condolences to the families of the victims.",
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"type": "example"
}
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"to wish, to want, would like"
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"to insist on"
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"(tenir à ce que + subjunctive / tenir à + infinitive) to insist on"
]
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"text": "J’irai sur l’avenue, embrasser les statues. À quoi tient leur salut ? Est-ce à leurs cœurs de pierre ? À leurs froides manières ?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to derive from; to be born of; to be the result of (of abstracts)"
]
},
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"French impersonal verbs",
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"text": "il tient à + quelqu’un ou quelque chose + que + subjonctif",
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},
{
"text": "il ne tient qu’à + quelque chose + que + subjonctif",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "il ne tient qu’à + quelqu’un ou quelque chose + de + infinitif",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "if it were up to him + conditional",
"text": "s’il ne tenait qu’à lui + conditionnel",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"be up to (to be left to the whims of), for all ~ cares; to depend on (to be contingent on)"
],
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"(impersonal) be up to (to be left to the whims of), for all ~ cares; to depend on (to be contingent on)"
],
"tags": [
"impersonal"
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"(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"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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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"takes a reflexive pronoun"
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/tə.ni.ʁ‿a/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tə.ni.ʁ‿a s(ə) kə/",
"note": "tenir à ce que"
},
{
"ipa": "/s‿ɑ̃ t(ə).ni.ʁ‿a/",
"note": "s'en tenir à"
},
{
"ipa": "/sə t(ə).ni.ʁ‿a/",
"note": "se tenir à"
}
],
"word": "tenir à"
}
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