tenter

Il a tenté en vain de résoudre le problème.
He tried in vain to solve the problem.
Le défendeur a tenté de recouvrer ces frais en justice.
The respondent sought to recover these costs in court.
On a tenté de le persuader qu'il était des nôtres.
We tried to convince him he was one of us.
Au monastère, on a tenté de comprendre ce qui s'était passé.
At the monastery, we tried to understand what had happened.
À Princeton son travail a tenté d'unifier les lois de la physique.
At Princeton his work attempted to unify the laws of physics.
Mais il a tenté de garder prisonnier un des nôtres.
But he tried to keep one of us prisoner.
Je ne comprends pas pourquoi il a tenté de l'arrêter.
I still don't know why he tried to stop it.
Avant ça, on a tenté d'empoisonner l'un de mes officiers.
Before that, someone tried to poison one of my crewmen.
Ce texte a tenté d'unifier les nombreux systèmes algébriques.
This text attempted to unify many existing algebraic systems.
La vérité est que le Chirurgien a tenté de s'échapper,
The truth is that The Surgeon tried to escape,
Il a tenté une axiomatisation de la théorie des probabilités en 1917.
He attempted an axiomatisation of probability theory in 1917.
Vous avez dit que SCP-1903 a tenté de communiquer avec vous ?
You said that SCP-1903 attempted to communicate with you?
Elle a tenté de le persuader d'aller avec elle.
She tried to persuade him to go with her.
Le sujet a tenté de poser ses mains sur moi.
Subject tried to put his hands on me.
Qu'est-il arrivé à cette fille qu'il a tenté de sauver ?
What happened to the girl that he tried to rescue?
Quand il a tenté de se protéger, voici ce qui est arrivé.
When he tried to protect himself, this is what happened.
Le syndicat a tenté de l'évincer d'un contrat.
The union tried to squeeze him out of a contract.
Clara a tenté de se pendre dans sa chambre.
Clara tried to hang herself in her room.
Sa fille, Zainab Al-Khawaja, aurait été agressée lorsqu’elle a tenté d’intervenir.
His daughter, Zainab Al-Khawaja, was assaulted when she attempted to intervene.
Il a tenté de traverser la Méditerranée à deux reprises.
He tried to cross the Mediterranean twice.
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