V.

manage (I managed to make it to 17 without a criminal record. Jmcvay); find a way (to do something – сделать что-либо Tamerlane); make wise; teach; find nothing better to do than (Despite all this, he found nothing better to do than to have himself re-elected President of the Republic for another five-year term. Alexander Demidov); somehow end up (doing something SirReal); somehow do something (He must have smuggled the pills into the custody suite somehow. SirReal); get to be (How do you get to be so cynical at your age? SirReal); manage to (carburetted)

umg.

become wiser; learn; be able to (How were you able to hit every parking meter on that street? SirReal); contrive (to)

умудрённый Prtz.

Allg.

wise; worldly-wise; lived in (с печатью жизненного опыта Borita)

Игорь Миг

shrewd

Arch.

quaint (Vadim Rouminsky)

Makarow.

ancient (годами)

umg.