to close in

He had promised to close Guantanamo, but he failed to close it

Il avait promis de fermer Guantanamo, mais il a omis de le fermer

He had promised to close Guantanamo, but he could not close Guantanamo

Il avait promis de fermer Guantanamo, mais il ne pouvait pas fermer Guantanamo

He has promised to close Guantanamo, but he could not close Guantanamo

Il a promis de fermer Guantanamo, mais il ne pouvait pas fermer Guantanamo

He has promised to close Guantanamo, but he has had not close Guantanamo

Il a promis de fermer Guantanamo, mais il n'a pas fermer Guantanamo

He has promised to close Guantanamo, but he was unable to close Guantanamo

Il a promis de fermer Guantanamo, mais il était impossible de fermer Guantanamo

He had promised to close Guantanamo, but he has not had to close Guantanamo

Il avait promis de fermer Guantanamo, mais il n'a pas eu à fermer Guantanamo

We need to watch this very closely and I am glad you used the words 'watch very closely' as well.

Nous devons surveiller cela de très près et je suis ravi que vous ayez aussi utilisé les mots "surveiller de très près".

Where the pipework has a free end, the closing device shall be situated as close as possible to this end.

Lorsque la canalisation de livraison comporte une extrémité libre, l'organe de fermeture doit être placé le plus près possible de cette extrémité.