Traduction Try

a try: un essai

noun

Attention : a try (un essai), tries (des essais)

to try: essayer

verb

to try on (clothes): essayer (des vêtements)

verb

Can I try on this shirt? Puis-je essayer cette chemise?

Pronunciation examples

UK: He tried to impress me by trying on my clothes.

US: Nice try, but next time, try not to try so hard!

Exemples

• « Betty : Try this dish, it’s something you may not be familiar with.« 
• « Brian : I’m just trying to make conversation.« 
• « But I try not to think of myself as handicapped.« 
• « What are you trying to tell me?« 
• « My father once said, a dying British man will shoot you while you’re trying to rob an airport.« 
• « I was so happy I tried to hit a monk, but I couldn’t.« 
• « For the last 2 days we have had to immobilise him. He has been trying to lick his own bottom, he keeps dancing to the music in his head, and worst of all, he sometimes tries to polish an imaginary teapot.« 
• « Except that you were always trying to kiss me.« 
• « For the last 2 days we have had to immobilise him. He has been trying to lick his own bottom, he keeps dancing to the music in his head, and worst of all, he sometimes tries to polish an imaginary teapot.« 
• « What I’m trying to say is: he’s crazy.«