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tener
verb
to have; to possess; to have; to possess; to be (a condition or quality); to hold; to grasp; to contain; to hold (e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.); to have; to feel (internally)
to see fit
to pride oneself on
to keep at bay
to see [something] as beneath one; to look down on.
to have someone by the balls
to have something to do with, to concern, to have some relationship with
to be very good at something (inferable from context), often in interjections.
to have a large appetite
to have friends in high places
to use one's head, to use one's noggin
to be funnily clever, to be witty
to understand, to be clear about
to be a sly fox
to take care; to watch out
to hold one's liquor
To have withdrawal symptoms
to have friends in high places
to take into account, to keep in mind, to bear in mind; to be reckoned with
to have someone eat out of one's hand
to bear in mind
To hold in high regard; to think highly of; to have a lot of time for
to spoil rotten
to have connections
to find (someone) annoying; to have (something) on one's mind
to have a screw loose
to feel like, fancy; to want, desire; to look forward to
to be gassy, have a flatulence problem
to have balls; to be ballsy
to have a good head on one's shoulders
to have one's head screwed on
To have a pounding headache
to have one's head screwed on
to call the shots
to have a keen sense of smell; to be able to predict the future
to be highly likely to win; to be a dead cert
to be highly likely to lose; to be an underdog; be on (to) a loser
to have one's days numbered
to keep one's lips sealed; to keep a secret
to take place, to occur
to be a bad loser
have butterflies in one's stomach
to have a brilliant memory
to be a very sly fox
be someone who continually makes up excuses
to be a scaredy-cat
to have the patience of Job
To have a long way to go
to be camp (ostentatiously gay)
to think; to be of the opinion
to bear in mind
to have on; to wear
to have a screw loose, to have bats in the belfry; to be feather-brained
to be right
to make sense, to add up, to have meaning
to have sex, to get laid
to not bother
to be more than meets the eye