Camoufle” is equivalent to chandelle, and “tenir la chandelle” is to favour the intercourse of lovers.
Tenir salon was to her a game, which she played well, and almost always successfully, but she must sometimes have been exhausted by the effort.
The couriers were frequently held up by armed men and robbed, and by November matters had become so serious that all postal arrangements in the province were stayed.
After peace had been restored, Finlay represented the matter so strongly that the monopoly was re-established.
Il en est de meme dans le cas ou, apres avoir ete leve, un blocus est repris; il n'y a pas a tenircompte du fait qu'un blocus a deja existe pour la meme localite.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tenir" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
