we tighten
-tendons
Present we conjugation of tighten.

tighten

You're going to hurt the clock If we tighten too strong.
Tu vas te faire mal si on se serre trop fort.
So it is very important that we tighten up our act.
Il est dès lors très important que nous prenions des mesures plus strictes.
It is therefore crucial that we tighten the sanctions against the Al-Qadhafi regime even more.
Il est par conséquent crucial que nous durcissions davantage les sanctions à l’encontre du régime de Kadhafi.
Basically, the more we lose our grip on morals, the more we tighten our grip on our wallet.
Au fond, plus on se relâche sur les murs, et plus on se resserre sur le portefeuille.
I believe that countries with a restrictive policy should relax it, but not on the condition that we tighten our system and restrict the access of our consumers in our countries to vitamin and food supplements.
Je crois que les pays appliquant une politique restrictive devraient l'assouplir, mais pas à la condition que nous rendions notre système plus strict et que nous restreignions l'accès de nos consommateurs de nos pays aux compléments vitaminés et alimentaires.
In one sense, I might be pleased with the amendments, because they propose that we return to some of the limit values originally proposed, or that we tighten them further, and I can only be pleased that Parliament agrees with the Commission's original proposal.
Je pourrais d'une certaine manière me réjouir de ces amendements, car ils suggèrent de revenir aux valeurs limites initialement proposées ou de les renforcer, et je ne peux que me féliciter de ce que le Parlement accepte les propositions initiales de la Commission.
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