manage

manage
manage
A vtr
1 (succeed) to manage to do réussir à faire, se débrouiller ○ pour faire ; she managed to find a job/finish the article elle a réussi à trouver un emploi/finir l'article ; how does he manage to save so much money? comment réussit-il à faire tant d'économies? ; how did she manage to spend so much money? comment s'est-elle débrouillée ○ pour dépenser tant d'argent? ; he managed to offend everybody iron il a réussi à froisser tout le monde ; I managed not to dirty my hands j'ai réussi à ne pas me salir les mains ;
2 (find possible) she managed a smile elle a réussi à sourire ; I can manage a few words in Italian j'arrive à dire quelques mots en italien ; can you manage seven o'clock tomorrow? sept heures demain soir, ça te convient? ; can you manage lunch on Friday? est-ce que tu seras libre pour déjeuner vendredi? ; I couldn't manage another thing! je n'en peux plus ○ ! ; I'm sure you can manage another glass of wine tu prendras bien un autre verre de vin? ; I can't manage more than £30 je ne peux pas dépasser 30 livres sterling ;
3 (administer) diriger, administrer [project, finances] ; diriger [company, bank, school] ; gérer [business, shop, hotel, estate] ; managed economy économie f dirigée ;
4 (organize) gérer [money, time] ;
5 (handle) savoir s'y prendre avec [person, animal] ; manier [tool, boat, oars etc] ; they managed the situation very badly ils s'y sont très mal pris ; he knows how to manage her il sait s'y prendre avec elle.
B vi se débrouiller ○ ; they have to manage on £50 a week ils doivent se débrouiller ○ avec 50 livres sterling par semaine ; can you manage? tu y arrives? ; thank you, I can manage merci, je peux me débrouiller ○ .

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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