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débrouiller

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Definition: to untangle, sort out

Ce problème doit être débrouillé - This problem needs to be sorted out.

se débrouiller - to manage (to do something), to have a working knowledge of, to cope

Je me débrouille assez bien en français - I get by fairly well in French.

Related: le débrouillage - disentangling; débrouillard (inf adj) - smart; un débrouillar - coper; la débrouillardise (inf) - smartness, resourcefulness

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