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French
Pronunciation
Adverb
tant bien que mal
- as best one can, somehow
- Synonym: vaille que vaille
Tant bien que mal, il est parvenu à terminer ce qu’il avait commencé.- Somehow, he succeeded in completing what he had started.
2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 166:Dans la boîte de nuit de l’hôtel, Octave met les disques. II doit se démerder avec ce qu’il y a : quelques vieux maxis discos, des compils de variété française, trois 45 tours moisis. Tant bien que mal, il parvient à remplir la piste avec les moyens du bord, notamment la plus belle chanson du monde : […]- In the hotel nightclub, Octave plays the records. He has to make do with what there is: a few old disco maxis, compilations of French songs, three mouldy 45s. Somehow, he manages to fill the dancefloor with what he has, including the most beautiful song in the world: