finesse

doigté, finesse

Habileté à gérer les relations avec les autres ou les situations difficiles avec tact et intelligence.

En anglais simple : Skill in dealing with people or difficult situations in a careful, clever way.

• She handled the complaint with finesse.
• The talks required considerable finesse.
• His political finesse helped settle the dispute.

Synonymes : tact, skill, diplomacy

Contraires : clumsiness

Expressions courantes : with finesse, diplomatic finesse, handle with finesse

finesse, élégance

Beauté, fluidité ou habileté raffinée dans la manière de faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A quality of beauty, smoothness, or fine skill in how something is done.

• Her dancing has real finesse.
• The performance combined power with finesse.
• His playing lacked the finesse of the older musicians.

Synonymes : elegance, grace, refinement

Contraires : clumsiness

Expressions courantes : artistic finesse, technical finesse, lack finesse

manœuvre, ruse

Action astucieuse qui permet d’obtenir le résultat souhaité.

En anglais simple : A clever action used to get the result you want.

• It was a clever finesse.
• That tactical finesse saved the agreement.
• She won through a series of small finesses.

Synonymes : manoeuvre, ploy

Expressions courantes : a clever finesse, a tactical finesse

impasse

Manœuvre qui cherche à gagner un pli en misant sur la position d’une carte plus forte chez un adversaire.

En anglais simple : A card-playing move that tries to win by taking advantage of where an opponent’s stronger card is.

• The finesse won the trick.
• She tried a finesse against the king.
• Their second finesse failed because the queen was in the wrong hand.

Expressions courantes : take a finesse, successful finesse, diamond finesse

gérer habilement, manœuvrer

Gérer quelque chose avec soin et intelligence, parfois en orientant les autres sans qu’ils s’en rendent compte.

En anglais simple : To manage something carefully and cleverly, sometimes by controlling people without their noticing.

• She finessed the details of the deal.
• He finessed a difficult negotiation.
• We need someone who can finesse these arrangements.

Synonymes : manage, handle, manipulate

Expressions courantes : finesse a deal, finesse the details, finesse an arrangement

contourner, éluder

Éviter un problème ou une question difficile grâce à une excuse ou à un plan astucieux.

En anglais simple : To avoid a problem or difficult question by using a clever excuse or plan.

• He tried to finesse the question.
• They finessed the problem with a clever legal argument.
• Can we finesse this difficulty without delaying the deal?

Synonymes : sidestep, evade, circumvent

Expressions courantes : finesse a problem, finesse the issue, finesse a question

obtenir par ruse, soutirer

Obtenir quelque chose de quelqu’un en le trompant ou en l’influençant habilement.

En anglais simple : To get something from someone by tricking them or cleverly influencing them.

• He finessed free tickets from the promoter.
• She finessed some cash from an unsuspecting tourist.
• They tried to finesse a refund from the shop.

Comment l'utiliser : finesse something from someone (He finessed a free meal from the owner.)

Synonymes : con, swindle

Expressions courantes : finesse something from someone, finesse free tickets

faire une impasse

Jouer une carte en misant sur la position d’une carte plus forte chez un adversaire.

En anglais simple : To try a card-playing move based on which opponent may hold a stronger card.

• She decided to finesse.
• He finessed the queen and won the trick.
• Should we finesse against the king?

Comment l'utiliser : finesse against a card (They finessed against the king of spades.)

Expressions courantes : finesse the queen, finesse against someone, finesse in hearts