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Meaning: [maintain in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/maintain/). - Nous devons **maintenir** notre concentration. We need to **maintain** focus. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5077342](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5077342) [\#7555040](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7555040)) - Mme Ek a souligné la nécessité de **maintenir** la concurrence. Mrs Ek mentioned the need to **maintain** competition. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 793075) - mettre en place et **maintenir** un système qualité conformément à l'OPS 1.035; Establish and **maintain** a quality system in accordance with OPS 1.035; ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1589109) - **Maintenir** la machine 3DH à niveau. **Maintain** the 3DH-machine level. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 15604591) - Il ne peut pas **maintenir** une conversation. He can't **maintain** a conversation. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and katsmal · checked, community translation · [\#5111800](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5111800) [\#8313772](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8313772)) ## keep Used about 9 810 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · parliamentary ≈ 1 373 · legal and administrative ≈ 494 · UN documents ≈ 7 931). Meaning: [keep in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/keep/). - J'essaie de les **maintenir** en vie. I'm trying to **keep** them alive. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and CH · checked, community translation · [\#3914326](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3914326) [\#13402207](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13402207)) - Pouvons-nous **maintenir** l’application de l’accord d’association? Can we still **keep** the Association Agreement in operation? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 503652) - **maintenir** la consommation de jeux d’argent à un niveau modéré, to **keep** gambling consumption at a moderate level, ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2495610) - **Maintenir** le récipient fermé de manière étanche. **Keep** container tightly closed. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 16088000) - Nous devons **maintenir** les choses à flot. We need to **keep** things afloat. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#13063068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13063068) [\#12869175](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12869175)) ## must Used about 2 766 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 499 · UN documents ≈ 2 266). Meaning: [must in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/must/). - Nous devons **maintenir** les traditions familiales. We **must** uphold family traditions. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Velosareon · checked, community translation · [\#4300771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4300771) [\#12987380](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12987380)) - Nous devons **maintenir** la communication directe lorsque nous débouchons sur un débat. We **must** preserve direct communication when there is going to be a debate. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2013912) - Toute personne mise en garde à vue doit être libérée dès qu ' il n ' y a plus lieu de l ' y **maintenir**. In the absence of justification for an arrest, the person in question **must** be released immediately. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 25884840) - Il faut également laisser une chance équitable à cette vaccination, qui tend à **maintenir** en vie les animaux. Moreover, such emergency vaccination and keeping animals alive **must** be given a fair chance. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 456829) - Le Président Ezer Weizman a dit qu ' il fallait **maintenir** ce type d ' unités en activité pour préserver la force d ' Israël. President Ezer Weizman stated that such units **must** continue to operate in order to ensure that Israel remained strong. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 1443749) ## hold Used about 1 469 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · legal and administrative ≈ 329 · UN documents ≈ 1 133). Meaning: [hold in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hold/). - Essaie de le **maintenir** ! Try to **hold** it together. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1954277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1954277) [\#2045665](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2045665)) - Les RWA sont calculés par l'autorité de contrôle, afin de déterminer le montant du capital en valeurs absolues que la banque doit **maintenir**. RWA is calculated by the supervisor in order to determine the absolute amount of capital that a bank must **hold**. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3873962) - 2.1.2 **Maintenir** les cuisses du mannequin vers le bas et pousser vers l ' arrière sur le torse pour maximiser l ' angle au niveau des hanches du mannequin. 2.1.2. **Hold** the dummy ' s thighs down and push rearward on the upper torso to maximize the dummy ' s pelvic angle. 2.1.3. ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 19188724) - Essayez de le **maintenir** ! Try to **hold** it together. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1954277](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1954277) [\#2045668](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2045668)) - Toute fenêtre de secours à charnières horizontales placées sur le bord supérieur doit être pourvue d'un mécanisme approprié destiné à la **maintenir** grande ouverte. If the emergency window is of a type horizontally hinged at the top edge, an appropriate device shall be provided to **hold** it fully open. ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5539276) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Nous avons d'autres choses à faire que de nous préoccuper de **maintenir** les apparences. We have other things to do than worry about keeping up appearances. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mrlem and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#271216](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/271216) [\#428904](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/428904)) - Rien ne semble l'arrêter à présent, mais on peut se demander combien de temps saura-t-il **maintenir** son élan. He's unstoppable right now but the question is how long he can remain at the pinnacle of his career. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#282856](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/282856) [\#6831447](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6831447)) - Pour nager, il faut d'abord apprendre à se **maintenir** debout la tête hors de l’eau. In order to swim, you have to learn to tread water first. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#696947](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/696947) [\#11454247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11454247)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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