Eventually something has to give

17:02 Feb 5, 2015 

F-X has given a usable definition of 'to give'; however, the exact meaning you give it is going to depend on what your author goes on to say — WHAT is it that 'gives'? I suspect the sense is going to be more that of 'céder' than literally 'briser' — note that in this sense, 'to give' is often very close to 'to give way', which has both the sense of 'céder' and also sometimes 's'effondrer' — 'to yield' is another close synonym in EN.

16:56 Feb 5, 2015 

je ne buttais pas sur eventually, que je connais comme un faux ami mais sur le sens de give dans ce cas
merci beaucoup de votre aide.
j'aime "fatalement" qui correspond parfaitement à l'esprit de l'auteure

16:47 Feb 5, 2015 

Thanks for your support! I like 'fatalement', I think that conveys just the right idea here.

Here's a quote from the R+C Super Senior dictionary:

"Be careful not to translate eventually by éventuellement, which means 'possibly'."

16:38 Feb 5, 2015 

'eventuellement' is a notorious (and often dangerous) faux ami and here it gives the wrong idea. It actually means something like "nous allons fatalement le payer d'une façon ou d'une autre un jour". With certainty (no question of " Éventuellement")

16:38 Feb 5, 2015 

'eventuellement' is a notorious (and often dangerous) faux ami and here it gives the wrong idea. It actually means something like "nous allons fatalement le payer d'une façon ou d'une autre un jour". With certainty (no question of " Éventuellement")