manage

manage
manage [{{t}}'mænɪdʒ]
1 transitive verb
(a) (business, hotel, shop) gérer, diriger; (property, estate, economy, money, resources) gérer; (finances, resources) s'occuper de; (crisis, illness) gérer; (team) être le manager de, diriger;
she manages a shoe shop elle est gérante d'une boutique de chaussures;
he manages his father's company il dirige la société de son père;
he manages Melchester United c'est le manager de ou il manage Melchester United;
to manage sb's affairs gérer les affaires de qn;
I'm very bad at managing money je suis incapable de gérer un budget
(b) (accomplish) réussir;
you'll manage it ça ira;
she managed a smile elle trouva la force de sourire;
to manage to do sth réussir ou parvenir ou arriver à faire qch;
he managed to keep a straight face il est parvenu à garder son sérieux;
did you manage to get anything to eat? as-tu finalement trouvé quelque chose à manger?;
he always manages to arrive at meal times il se débrouille toujours pour arriver ou il trouve toujours le moyen d'arriver à l'heure des repas
(c) (handle → person, animal) savoir s'y prendre avec; (manipulate → machine, tool) manier, se servir de;
she's a difficult child to manage c'est une enfant difficile, c'est une enfant dont on ne fait pas ce qu'on veut;
he doesn't know how to manage people il ne sait pas s'y prendre avec les gens;
I can't manage these new typewriters je ne sais pas bien me servir de ces nouvelles machines à écrire
(d) (be available for)
can you manage nine o'clock/next Saturday? pouvez-vous venir à neuf heures/samedi prochain?;
can you manage lunch tomorrow? pouvez-vous déjeuner avec moi demain?
(e) (cope with)
I can't manage all this extra work je ne peux pas faire face à ce surcroît de travail;
can you manage that rucksack? pouvez-vous porter ce sac à dos?;
he can't manage the stairs any more il n'arrive plus à monter l'escalier;
we can't manage any more guests nous ne pouvons pas accueillir plus de gens;
I think I could manage another slice j'en reprendrais volontiers une tranche;
I couldn't manage another thing je ne peux plus rien avaler;
can you manage £10? pouvez-vous aller jusqu'à 10 livres?
2 intransitive verb
(cope) se débrouiller, y arriver; (financially) se débrouiller, s'en sortir;
we'll have to manage on our own nous devrons nous débrouiller tout seuls;
can you manage? ça ira?;
give me a fork, I can't manage with chopsticks donne-moi une fourchette, je ne m'en sors pas avec des baguettes;
we had to manage without heating nous avons dû nous passer de chauffage;
they just about manage on the dole ils arrivent tout juste à s'en sortir avec les allocations de chômage;
how am I going to manage without a job? comment vais-je faire ou m'en sortir sans travail?

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