Should it be a child that you are having a contretemps with, the ideal is deviation tactics.
The contretemps did not help the park's attempt to battle a national trend of declining amusement park traffic.
His contretemps earlier this year in the little matter of fixed exchange rates suggests that he does not know what he is letting himself in for.
This morning we had a minor contretemps, a slight ruffling of the waters and a rocking of the boat, but we were glad to survive that.
I apologise if that caused a contretemps.
That is the spirit in which we now have to tackle both the economic and the political issues that open up before us because of this contretemps which has occurred.
My second illustration relates to a family who had been involved in a contretemps with the police.
We had good relationships and there were some amusing contretemps with the witnesses.
