se faire une idée

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sum up
to summarize

So, to sum up your argument, what you are saying is that it is impossible.

be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
{f} figure out the total, compute the sum total; wrap things up, draw something to a close
If you sum something up, you describe it as briefly as possible. One voter in Brasilia summed up the mood -- `Politicians have lost credibility,' he complained Obree summed his weekend up in one word: `Disastrous.'
determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
If something sums a person or situation up, it represents their most typical characteristics. `I love my wife, my horse and my dog,' he said, and that summed him up Sadly, the feud sums up the relationship between Lord Bath and the man who succeeds him. = epitomize
give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
If you sum up after a speech or at the end of a piece of writing, you briefly state the main points again. When a judge sums up after a trial, he reminds the jury of the evidence and the main arguments of the case they have heard. When the judge summed up, it was clear he wanted a guilty verdict see also summing-up