Terms for subject Figurative containing stand

English	French
don't be sorry that you learnt Arabic, it'll stand you in good stead	ne te plains pas d'avoir appris l'arabe, c'est un investissement (pour l'avenir, in the future)
stand clear of something	se tenir au large de (quelque chose)
your argument doesn't stand up to scrutiny	ton raisonnement ne tient pas la route