Manage
Manage verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.
Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Linguini and Colette try and manage all the media attention this brings to the restaurant.
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Some of the girls do try and manage to pull off a fight before getting killed.
- Instead, when you try to play the game again, you are treated to a series of animations regarding Jemaine's death (or, if you manage to beat the game, Sir Giant Pink Lizard's death).
Source: Video Game / You Only Live Once
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