manage

gérer, diriger

Organiser et contrôler le fonctionnement d’une entreprise, le déroulement d’une tâche ou d’une situation.

En anglais simple : If you organize and control a business, task, or situation, you take care of how it works.

• She manages a small shop.
• We need to manage our money better.
• Who managed the project last year?

Synonymes : run, control, administer

Expressions courantes : manage a business, manage a team, manage your time

réussir, parvenir à

Arriver à faire quelque chose malgré les difficultés.

En anglais simple : If you do something successfully despite difficulty, you are able to achieve it.

• She managed a small smile.
• Can you manage the stairs without help?
• Despite his sore throat, he managed a few words.

Comment l'utiliser : manage without someone/something (Can you manage without my help?)

Synonymes : accomplish, cope with

Expressions courantes : manage a smile, manage something alone, manage without something, manage to finish

réussir à

Faire quelque chose de regrettable ou de stupide, de façon surprenante ; souvent dit avec ironie.

En anglais simple : To do something unwanted or foolish, often in a surprising way.

• I managed to spill my tea.
• He somehow managed to miss both trains.
• How did you manage to lock yourself out again?

Comment l'utiliser : manage to do something (She managed to delete the wrong file.)

Expressions courantes : manage to break, manage to lose, manage to spill