Usage examples of "tenir compagnie" in French with translation to English

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Il évite de tenir compagnie à ces dames. He avoids keeping company with those ladies.
Il m'a demandé de lui tenir compagnie pendant le week-end. He asked me to keep him company on the weekends.
Il m'a demandé de lui tenir compagnie pendant les week-ends. He asked me to keep him company on the weekends.
Si tu ne veux pas rester seul, je peux te tenir compagnie. If you don't want to stay alone, I can keep you company.
Je lui ai tenu compagnie tandis que sa femme subissait une opération chirurgicale. I kept him company while his wife was in surgery.
Il a décidé de louer sa propriété à cette compagnie. He decided to rent his property to that company.
On doit tenir ses promesses. One must keep one's promises.
La compagnie fit faillite. The company went bankrupt.
Tu dois tenir compte du fait qu´il est trop jeune. You must take into account the fact that he is too young.
La compagnie exploitait ses travailleurs en leur payant un salaire très bas. The company exploited its workers with low pay.
Je veux juste lui tenir la main. I just want to hold her hand.
Il est le nouveau PDG de la compagnie mère en France. He's the new CEO from the parent company in France.
Peux-tu tenir le délai ? Can you make the deadline?
La compagnie a arrêté de perdre de l'argent. The company stopped losing money.
Essaie de le tenir en échec. Try to keep it down.
La compagnie de Tom importe du café du Brésil. Tom's company imports coffee from Brazil.
On ne devrait pas tenir les gens responsables de choses qu'ils ne sont pas en mesure de contrôler. You shouldn't hold people accountable for things they can't control.
Je ne veux pas être vue en sa compagnie. I don't want to be seen in his company.
Les cuillères fendues ont un rôle particulier dans le rituel de l'absinthe. Elles sont utilisées pour tenir un morceau de sucre au-dessus d'un verre tandis qu'on le dissout dans sa boisson à l'aide d'eau froide. Slotted spoons have a particular role in the traditional absinthe ritual. They are used to hold a sugar cube over a glass as one dissolves it into her drink with cold water.
Guillaume et Lebas, ces mots ne feraient-ils pas une belle raison sociale ? On pourrait mettre et compagnie pour arrondir la signature. 'Guillaume and Lebas' will that not make a good business name? We might add, 'and Co.' to round off the firm's signature.
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