Held (fr. Tinrent)
Translation into English
La peur, l'embarras les tinrent immobiles et muets pendant deux ou trois minutes.
Fright and embarrassment kept them motionless and mute for two or three minutes.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1 La Regional Science Association fut fondée en 1954, alors que le noyau d’universitaires et de praticiens tinrent la première rencontre indépendante de celles tenues originellement aux sessions annuelles de l’American Economics Association.
Accordingly, the Regional Science Association was founded in 1954, when the core group of scholars and practitioners held its first meetings independent from those initially held as sessions of the annual meetings of the American Economics Association.
Example taken from data source: Wikipedia_v1.0 Les Chinois tinrent bon jusqu'à la tombée de la nuit avant de revenir sur leur principale ligne défensive de Taungû le 24 mars.
The Chinese held their ground until nightfall and fell back to the main defensive line at Toungoo on March 24.
Example taken from data source: wikimedia_v20210402 Mais s'ils nous approchèrent, ils se tinrent du moins à une distance regrettable pour des chasseurs.
But if they did approach us, at least they kept at a distance regrettable from the hunter's standpoint.
Example taken from data source: Books_v1 Parmi ces peuples se trouvaient les Goths, nouvellement arrivés, qui tinrent les Romains et leurs armées en échecs pendant vingt longues années.
Among these peoples were the Goths, recently arrived, who kept the Romans and their armies at bay for twenty long years.
Example taken from data source: ELRC-5067-SciPar_v1 Des réunions se tinrent chez lui.
Meetings were held in his home.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1 Des bals masqués se tinrent le 1er février et le 2 et la fête continua jusqu'au 6.
Masked balls were held on February 1 and 2, and the fiesta continued until the 6th.
Example taken from data source: WikiMatrix_v1 Synonyms
- sonner
- clocheter
- tinter