manage
- arrange
‘manage’
If you manage to do something, you succeed in doing it.
Manuel managed to finish the work on time.
How did you manage to convince her?
Be careful
Use a to-infinitive, not an -ing form, after manage. Don't say, for example, ‘How did you manage convincing her?’
Use a to-infinitive, not an -ing form, after manage. Don't say, for example, ‘How did you manage convincing her?’
‘arrange’
Don't use a that-clause after manage. Don't say, for example, that you ‘manage that something is done’. Say that you arrange for something to be done.
He had arranged for me to be met at the airport.
Don't say that you ‘manage that someone does something’. Say that you arrange for someone to do something.
I had arranged for a photographer to take pictures of the team.