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My father uses what little he learned.

Mon père se sert du peu qu'il a appris.

It's a mad rush at Kabul's airport.
- the mad rush, each man for himself

C'est le sauve-qui-peut à l'aéroport de Kaboul.
- le sauve-quit-peut (2)

to shadow/tail someone
- the shadowing, the tailing

prendre quelqu'un en filature
- la filature

(1) I'm going to hold on a bit (before, e.g., getting excited or passing judgement)

(1) Je vais me garder une petite gêne.
alt: Je vais me retenir.

(2) I'm going to be somewhat circumspect.

(2) Je vais me garder une petite gêne.
alt: Je vais faire preuve d'une peu de réserve/circonspection.

before getting shot (2)

avant de se faire buter
alt: avant de se faire tirer dessus

Does it suit you to leave a big investigation center?

Ça fait ton affaire de quitter un gros centre d'enquête?

to scam
the scam

arnaquer
(la) arnaque

We can't claim that he was kidnapped.
- to claim
(to pretend)

On peut pas prétendre qu'il s'est fait enlevé.
- prétendre
(feindre)

The police are on the lookout.

Les policiers sont aux aguets.

You look exhausted.
- exhausted (QC) (not "épuisé")

T'a l'air poqué.
- poqué (QC)

in the park, leaning on a trash can
- to lean on
to lean against

au parc, accoté sur une poubelle
- accoter sur
accoter à/contre

the right shoulder of the road
- the shoulder

l'accotement droit de la rue
- (le) accotement

Nick is intractable with his partner.
lit: shows himself intractable
- intractable (means: difficult, stubborn)

Nick se montre intraitable avec son nouveau partenaire.
- intraitable

I intend to succeed.
not: J'ai l'intention de
- to intend to do sth

Je compte réussir
- compter faire qch

m/ I took some time looking there because it's the same grey as my car.
- to indulge oneself in sth, to devote oneself to sth

Je me suis adonnée à regarder là parce que c'est le même gris que ma voiture.
- s'adonner à qch

I was late.
Not: "j'étais en retard"

J'ai eu du retard.

the dashboard

le tableau de bord

it raised a lot of eyebrows
- to raise eyebrows, to flinch
- the eyebrow

ça a fait sourciller beaucoup
- sourciller (2) (pronounced "yay")
- le sourcil

She only gave me a handjob.
- the handjob

Elle m'a juste fait une branlette.
- la branlette

I was too stunned to respond.

J'étais trop sonné pour répondre.

You'll tell me if she is too needy.
- needy (sticky)

Tu me le dis si elle est trop collante.
- collant

He blossomed through contact with people.
- to blossom

Il s'est épanoui au contact de gens.
- s'épanouir

m/ Without a warrant, the chain refuses to give us the info.
- the chain, the brand (the banner)

Sans mandat, la bannière refuse de nous donner l'info.
- la bannière

With a warrant it would clear them.
- to clear (from e.g., legal issues)

Avec un mandat ça les dédouanerait.
- dédouaner

the sorrow, the pain
to grieve

la peine (2)
avoir de la peine

the prowler
to prowl

le rôdeur
rôder

the settler
(QC): a crude, rude or ignorant person

le colon
(QC): une personne fruste, grossière ou ignorante

to act like an idiot (QC)
- the idiot (QC)

agir en cabochon (QC)
- le cabochon (QC)

feverish, nervously excited
the feverishness, the nervous excitement

fébrile (2)
la fébrilité (2)

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