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Translation for 'tenir les écritures' from French to English

	compt.fin. tenir les écritures	to keep the accounts
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	biblerelig. les (saintes) Écritures `{f.pl}`	the Scriptures
	fin. tenir les comptes	to keep house `[idiom]` `[maintain accounts]`
	tenir les commandes `[loc.]`	to hold the whip hand `[idiom]`
	tenir les commandes `[loc.]`	to have the whip hand `[idiom]`
	tenir les commandes `[loc.]`	to have the upper hand `[idiom]`
	tenir les commandes `[loc.]`	to have more pull `[idiom]`
	tenir les cordons du poêle	to be a pall-bearer
	tenir les rênes `[aussi fig.]`	to hold the reins `[also fig.]`
	pol. tenir les commandes du pouvoir `[loc.]`	to hold the reins of power `[idiom]`
	tenir les cordons de la bourse `[loc.]`	to hold the purse strings `[idiom]`
	se tenir dans les coulisses `[côté caché]`	to efface oneself
	se tenir dans les coulisses `[côté caché]`	to take a backseat `[idiom]`
	se tenir dans les coulisses `[côté caché]`	to stay in the background
	compt.fin. jeu `{m}` d'écritures	juggling the books
	tenir séance	to meet
	tenir parole	to keep one's word
	se tenir	to stand
	relig. tenir conclave	to be in conclave
	tenir qn./qc.	to hold sb./sth. 33
	se tenir coi	to remain quiet

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Translation for 'tenir les écritures' from French to English

tenir les écritures: to keep the accountscompt.fin.
les (saintes) Écritures {f.pl}: the Scripturesbiblerelig.
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tenir les comptes: to keep house [idiom] [maintain accounts]fin.
tenir les commandes [loc.]: to hold the whip hand [idiom]

to have the whip hand [idiom]

to have the upper hand [idiom]

to have more pull [idiom]
tenir les cordons du poêle: to be a pall-bearer
tenir les rênes [aussi fig.]: to hold the reins [also fig.]
tenir les commandes du pouvoir [loc.]: to hold the reins of power [idiom]pol.
tenir les cordons de la bourse [loc.]: to hold the purse strings [idiom]
se tenir dans les coulisses [côté caché]: to efface oneself

to take a backseat [idiom]

to stay in the background
jeu {m} d'écritures: juggling the bookscompt.fin.
tenir séance: to meet
tenir parole: to keep one's word
se tenir: to stand
tenir conclave: to be in conclaverelig.
tenir qn./qc.: to hold sb./sth.
se tenir coi: to remain quiet

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Il convient de distinguer les « maîtres écrivains » des « écrivains du Roi pour la Marine » qui formaient un corps de l'Administration de la Marine royale française et dont le rôle était de tenir les écritures comptables.

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