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I.attempt [Brit əˈtɛm(p)t, Am əˈtɛm(p)t] N

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1. attempt:

tentative f (to do de faire)

to make an attempt to do or at doing

tenter de faire

in an attempt to do

pour essayer de faire

on my/his first attempt

dès ma/sa première tentative

attempt to escape

tentative d'évasion

to make an attempt on a record

tenter de battre un record

at least she made an attempt!

au moins elle a essayé!

he made no attempt to apologize

il n'a même pas tenté de s'excuser

good attempt!

he made an attempt at a smile

il a esquissé un sourire

it's my first attempt at a cake

c'est la première fois que je fais un gâteau

not bad for a first attempt!

ce n'est pas mal pour un premier essai!

II.attempt [Brit əˈtɛm(p)t, Am əˈtɛm(p)t] VB trans

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escape attempt N

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escape attempt

tentative f d'évasion

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heroic attempts

des efforts épiques

Tory inv attempts, attack

repeated efforts, attempts

halting steps, attempts

assassination attr bid, attempt

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faire une tentative de suicide

to make a suicide attempt

trois tentatives de suicide

three suicide attempts

tentative de meurtre (gén)

faire une tentative de meurtre contre qn

to attempt to murder sb

faire une tentative de coup d'État

to attempt a coup

deux tentatives d'évasion

two escape attempts

plan/tentatives de sauvetage

rescue plan/attempts

ta persistance à vouloir faire

your persistent attempts to do

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I.attempt [əˈtempt] N

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attempt (try):

to make an attempt to +infin

essayer de +infin

Phrases:

an attempt on sb's life

une atteinte à la vie de qn

II.attempt [əˈtempt] VB trans

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despite repeated attempts

malgré une succession de tentatives

half-hearted attempt

self-defeating attempt

tentative f échouée d'avance

valiant attempt

courageux(-euse)

failed attempt, artist

Translations for attempts in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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despite repeated attempts

malgré une succession de tentatives

to fall flat plan, attempt

to attempt to square the circle

chercher la quadrature du cercle

to attempt to pervert the course of justice

essayer d'entraver le cours de la justice

to make an attempt to +infin

essayer de +infin

to attempt suicide

faire une tentative de suicide

to launch an attempt on Everest

grimper à l'assaut de l'Everest

to attempt to get around sb

s'efforcer [ou tenter] de circonvenir qn

to make an attempt on sb's life

attenter à la vie de qn

to have made many previous attempts

ne pas en être à son premier essai

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Ms. Lutyens, his admired art teacher, attempts to waylay the punishment and gets fired. en.wikipedia.org

He is painfully shy and socially inept, however, and his attempts to become closer to the family are gently rebuffed. en.wikipedia.org

This complicates attempts to control the spread of spam, as in many cases the spam does not obviously originate from the spammer. en.wikipedia.org

During the rescue attempts, a petrol tank exploded and the wreckage was left to burn itself out. en.wikipedia.org

These attempts were not successful, and as a result controversy about national insurance came about. en.wikipedia.org

Farmers have been known to use pesticides such as parathion in illegal attempts to control their populations. en.wikipedia.org

She attempts to mix the beauty of language and the ugliness of the horrors of war. en.wikipedia.org

A head crash usually incurs severe data loss, and data recovery attempts may cause further damage if not done by a specialist with proper equipment. en.wikipedia.org

Their signals will usually bypass local telecoms systems, hindering censorship and wiretapping attempts. en.wikipedia.org

Attempts to gloss over the significance of race or even to deny its reality only make problems worse. en.wikipedia.org

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