arrivé

past participle of arriver

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to arrive (often followed by a location)
to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the subjunctive)
(informal) to cope, to manage
to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully)
2015, Claude Nativel, Comme le phénix...
2015, Claude Nativel, Comme le phénix...: Je n’avais aucune nouvelle de la situation politique dans notre pauvre pays, je ne savais pas ce que j’allais trouver en y foulant son sol, si nous arrivions à passer la frontière du pays voisin sans nous faire arrêter. I had no news of the political situation in our poor country, I didn't know what I would find when I set foot on its soil, if we were able to cross the neighboring country's border without being arrested.
2015, Claude Nativel, Comme le phénix...: Je n’avais aucune nouvelle de la situation politique dans notre pauvre pays, je ne savais pas ce que j’allais trouver en y foulant son sol, si nous arrivions à passer la frontière du pays voisin sans nous faire arrêter. I had no news of the political situation in our poor country, I didn't know what I would find when I set foot on its soil, if we were able to cross the neighboring country's border without being arrested.
to obtain a level of success or fame