cope

cope
cope [kəʊp]
intransitive verb
se débrouiller
• can you cope? vous arriverez à vous débrouiller ?
• he's coping pretty well il ne se débrouille pas mal
• she just can't cope any more ( = she's overworked) elle ne s'en sort plus ; ( = work is too difficult for her) elle est complètement dépassée
► cope with inseparable transitive verb
   a. ( = deal with) [+ task, person] se charger de ; [+ situation] faire face à ; [+ difficulties, problems] ( = tackle) affronter ; ( = solve) venir à bout de
• he's got a lot to cope with (work) il a du pain sur la planche (inf) ; (problems) il a pas mal de problèmes à résoudre
   b. ( = manage) s'en sortir avec
• we can't cope with all this work avec tout ce travail nous ne pouvons plus en sortir
* * *
[kəʊp]
intransitive verb
1) (manage practically) [person] s'en sortir (colloq), se débrouiller; [police, services, system] faire face

to cope with — [person] s'occuper de [person, correspondence, work]; [government, police, system] faire face à [demand, disaster, inquiries]

to learn to cope alone — apprendre à se débrouiller tout seul

it's more than I can cope with — je ne m'en sors plus

the organization can't cope — l'organisation ne s'en sort plus or ne peut pas faire face

2) (manage financially) s'en sortir

to cope on £60 a week — s'en sortir avec 60 livres sterling par semaine

to cope with a loan — arriver à rembourser un prêt

3) (manage emotionally)

to cope with — supporter [bereavement, depression]

to cope with somebody — supporter quelqu'un

if you left me, I couldn't cope — si tu me quittais, je ne pourrais pas le supporter


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