tenter

to try

La pièce était saccagée car il tentait de survivre.	The room was trashed because he was trying to survive.
Cette organisation tentait de travailler dans une zone de conflits.	The organization was trying to operate in a conflict zone.
Chacun tentait de discerner le comportement de l'autre univers.	Everyone was trying to discern the behavior of the other universe.
Vous êtes celui qui tentait d'appeler ce matin ?	You the guy that was trying to call this morning?
Mais un grand savant tentait de nous sauver.	But a great scientist was trying to save us.
Notre jeune héros tentait d'établir la communication.	Our young hero was trying to establish a communication.
Ils savaient qu'on tentait de réparer les livres.	They knew we were trying to fix the books.
On tentait de diagnostiquer des convulsions qui n'existaient pas.	We've been trying to diagnose a seizure that didn't exist.
Peut-être que c'était ce qu'il tentait de protéger.	Maybe that's what he was trying to protect.
Deux semaines après son retour de l'hôpital, il tentait de l'électrocuter.	Two weeks after her return from the hospital, he tried to electrocute her.
Car elle tentait de cacher la blessure.	Because she was trying to hide the injury.
Elle tentait de s'imaginer comment serait sa nouvelle école.	She tried to imagine what her new school would be like.
Lawrence tentait d'apprendre ce qui était arrivé à Ben.	Well, Lawrence was trying to find out what happened to Ben.
Ce n'était pas la première fois qu'il tentait de se suicider.	This wasn't the first time that he'd tried to take his life.
Votre femme tentait de quitter le pays.	Your wife was trying to flee the country.
C'était un homme en fauteuil roulant qui tentait désespérément de s'éloigner.	It was a man in a wheelchair desperately trying to move away.
Elle tentait de sauver la vie d'un homme.	She was trying to save a man's life.
Je l'ai attrapé alors qu'il tentait de fuir.	I caught him as he was trying to run away.
C'est comme si son côté obscur tentait de s'échapper.	It's like their dark sides trying to get out.
Écoute, Pierce, personne ne tentait de t'exclure.	Look, Pierce, no one was trying to leave you out.