No. 9,586 in French
démêler
To untangle or sort out.
In a sentence
Il est difficile de démêler la vérité dans cette situation complexe.
It is difficult to unravel the truth in this complex situation.
Here, 'démêler' is used metaphorically to refer to understanding or clarifying a complicated situation.
Marie essaie de démêler ses cheveux après la baignade.
Marie tries to untangle her hair after swimming.
In this case, 'démêler' has its literal meaning of untangling physical objects, specifically hair.
Le détective a pu démêler les indices pour résoudre l'enquête.
The detective was able to untangle the clues to solve the investigation.
The term 'démêler' is used to describe analyzing and making sense out of scattered or cryptic pieces of information.
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