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a l'instar des autres pays

the thread, the string

la ficelle (2)

a leading figure

une figure de proue

to serve as bait

servir d'appât
- (le) appât

the raid

la rafle

to hammer
the hammer

marteler
le marteau

one's fill, surfeit ("fed up-ness")

le ras-le-bol

the forward slash

la barre oblique

the shield

le bouclier

the outcry

la levée de boucliers

to storm (speak angrily)

tempêter

the alimony

la pension alimentaire

the gust, the burst

la rafale

to stir, to stoke
to stir up fear

atiser
atiser la peur

the refurbishment

la réfection

the umpteenth time

la enième fois

the greenhouse gases

les gaz à effet de serre

We need to get tough on drug dealers.
Extreme cold rages over all of Quebec.
- to get tough, to rage

Il faut sévir contre les trafiquantes.
Un extrème froid sévit sur tout le Québec.
- sévir (2)
sévis/is/it/issons/issez/issent
j'ai sévit

the laxity
lax

le laxisme
laxiste

the dispute
hint: not "la dispute"

le différend

the hospital or old age home orderly

le préposé aux bénéficiares

the wolf pack

la meute de loups

to attach a label

affubler une étiquette

riveted
to rivet

rivé
river

the frost bite

(la) engelure

the scale, the scope
the major leak

(la) envergure (2)
la fuite d'envergure

the final date

la date butoir

We must not let them down.
- to let down

Nous ne devons pas leur faire faux bond.
- faire faux bond

indicted
to indict

inculpé
inculper

the power struggle

le bras de fer

to dismiss
the dismissal

limoger
le limogeage (soft 'g")

the component

le volet

the Milky Way

la Voie lactée

the dementia

la démence

the disavowal

le désaveu

to summon

sommer

The prosecutor refutes the serious accusations against Trump.
- to deny, to refute

Le procureur dément de graves accusations contre Trump.
- démentir (2)

Three short films in the running for the Oscars.

Trois courts métrages en lice pour les Oscars.

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