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Dictionary French ← English: try

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NOUN	a try \| tries	edit
VERB	to try \| tried \| tried ... trying \| tries	edit
SYNO	to essay \| to examine \| to prove ...
to essay \| to examine \| to prove \| to test \| to try \| to try out to sample \| to taste \| to try \| to try out to try \| to try on to render \| to try to hear \| to try to adjudicate \| to judge \| to try to strain \| to stress \| to try to assay \| to attempt \| to essay \| to seek \| to try attempt \| effort \| endeavor \| endeavour \| try © Princeton University

essayer (qc.)

to try (sth.)

Nouns

sport essai {m} [rugby]

try

essai {m} [tentative]

try

2 Words: Verbs

faire des efforts

to try hard

expérimenter

to try out

essayer qc. [mettre]

to try sth. on

3 Words: Verbs

faire un essai avec qn./qc.

to give sb./sth. a try

essayer qc.

to give sth. a try [coll.]

s'évertuer

to try one's best

tenter sa chance

to try one's luck

ne pas mesurer ses efforts

to try one's utmost

se renouveler

to try something new

tâcher de faire qc.

to try to do sth.

tenter de faire qc. [essayer]

to try to do sth.

faire oublier qc.

to try to forget sth.

quêter qc. [sourire]

to try to get sth.

chercher à comprendre qc.

to try to understand sth.

4 Words: Others

loc. Ça vaut la peine d'essayer.

It's worth a try.

4 Words: Verbs

tenter le coup

to give it a try [coll.]

s'acharner à faire qc.

to try desperately to do sth.

s'accrocher pour faire qc. [fam.]

to try hard to do sth.

s'essayer à qc.

to try one's hand at sth. [idiom]

loc. ménager la chèvre et le chou

to try to please everyone

5+ Words: Others

J'ai beau essayer, je n'y arrive pas.

No matter how hard I try, I don't succeed.

5+ Words: Verbs

fin. taper qn. [fam.]

to (try to) touch sb. for a loan [coll.]

intervenir auprès de qn. pour qc.

to intercede with sb. to try to obtain sth.

évertuer à faire qc.

to try one's best to do sth.

s'évertuer à faire qc.

to try one's best to do sth.

loc. se tuer à faire qc.

to try one's guts out to do sth.

tâter de tous les métiers

to try one's hand at all kinds of jobs

s'essayer à faire qc.

to try one's hand at doing sth.

fin. pol. vouloir la perte de qn.

to try to bring about sb.'s downfall

pol. faire du prosélytisme politique

to try to convert people to one's politics

chercher un faux-fuyant

to try to evade the issue

rivaliser avec ses voisins

to try to keep up with the Joneses [coll.]

essayer de raisonner ses enfants

to try to reason with one's children

chercher trop à plaire

to try too hard to be liked

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