French · verb

tenir à

to be keen on, to insist on

with fixed prepositionverbs · set 64

Example sentences

Il tient à cette tradition.

He is attached to this tradition.

Elle a tenu à venir seule.

She insisted on coming alone.

Nous tiendrons à ce détail.

We will hold on to this detail.

The preposition is part of the word. Without it the answer is wrong in ripiti: tenir à, not tenir.

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