"tant bien que mal" meaning in French

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          "english": "Somehow, he succeeded in completing what he had started.",
          "text": "Tant bien que mal, il est parvenu à terminer ce qu’il avait commencé.",
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          "english": "In the hotel nightclub, Octave plays the records. He has to make do with what there is: a few old disco maxis, compilations of French songs, three mouldy 45s. Somehow, he manages to fill the dancefloor with what he has, including the most beautiful song in the world: […]",
          "ref": "2000, Frédéric Beigbeder, 99 francs, Gallimard, page 166",
          "text": "Dans la boîte de nuit de l’hôtel, Octave met les disques. II doit se démerder avec ce qu’il y a : quelques vieux maxis discos, des compils de variété française, trois 45 tours moisis. Tant bien que mal, il parvient à remplir la piste avec les moyens du bord, notamment la plus belle chanson du monde :[…]",
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        "as best one can, somehow"
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          "word": "vaille que vaille"
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      "ipa": "/tɑ̃ bjɛ̃ k(ə) mal/"
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  "word": "tant bien que mal"
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          "english": "Somehow, he succeeded in completing what he had started.",
          "text": "Tant bien que mal, il est parvenu à terminer ce qu’il avait commencé.",
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          "english": "In the hotel nightclub, Octave plays the records. He has to make do with what there is: a few old disco maxis, compilations of French songs, three mouldy 45s. Somehow, he manages to fill the dancefloor with what he has, including the most beautiful song in the world: […]",
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          "text": "Dans la boîte de nuit de l’hôtel, Octave met les disques. II doit se démerder avec ce qu’il y a : quelques vieux maxis discos, des compils de variété française, trois 45 tours moisis. Tant bien que mal, il parvient à remplir la piste avec les moyens du bord, notamment la plus belle chanson du monde :[…]",
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          "word": "vaille que vaille"
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