tenter
- Examples
Si tu avais tenté quoi que ce soit, tu serais aussi froid que lui. | Had you done so, you'd be lying cold next to him. |
Si j’avais tenté de partir illégalement de Cuba, alors, ce même gouvernement des Etats-Unis m’aurait accueillie à bras ouverts. | If that same person who is today denouncing arbitrariness had simply tried to leave Cuba illegally, she would have been welcome with open arms by the U.S. government. |
Ce n’était pas la première fois que j’avais tenté de rendre compte de ce type d’art, mais la circonstance – un ami accusé de bioterrorisme – ajoutait une urgence toute nouvelle. | Attempting to account for such art was not a new experience for me, but the circumstance, a friend under suspicion of bioterrorism, gave it a novel urgency. |
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