tenir sa parole

tenir parole

keep Word

leur faire tenir parole

hold their feet to the fire

L'administration américaine doit maintenant prouver qu'elle peut tenir parole.

The Administration now has to prove that it can deliver.

--Et maintenant, ma chérie vous allez voir combien je vais être juste pour vous, et que je sais tenir parole.

'And now, my dear,' says he, 'you shall see how just I will be to you, and that I can keep my word,' and away he comes to my bed.

Ils répondirent: Nous les rendrons, et nous ne leur demanderons rien, nous ferons ce que tu dis. Alors j`appelai les sacrificateurs, devant lesquels je les fis jurer de tenir parole.

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

Tenez votre parole.

Follow through as promised.

Il tenait toujours parole.

He was always as good as his word.

Nous devons tenir notre parole - pacta sunt servanda.

We have to keep our word - pacta sunt servanda.