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the free pass (i.e., special treatment)

le passe-droit

the camel
the dromedary

le chameau
le dromadaire

the brotherhood (2)

la fratrie, la fraternité

the saber

le sabre

Mike Ward did not infringe on the Charter.
- to infringe (on)

Mike Ward n'a pas enfreint la Chartre.
- enfreindre
(like "craindre"): enfreins enfreins enfreint enfreignons enfreignez enfreignent
pp: enfreint

an event not without sadness
- devoid (not "dépourvu")

un événement non dénué de tristesse
- dénué(e)

tough, leathery

coriace (2)

the leader (not "le chef" "le leader")
- the line

le chef de file
- la file

The question seemed rather trivial to me.
- trivial, innocuous

La question me semblait assez anodine.
- anodin(e)

the tool chest

le coffre à outils

The opposition ousted the party in power.
- to oust

L'opposition a évincé le parti au pouvoir.
- évincer

the shelves of the supermarket
- the shelf (not "la tablette")

les rayons du supermarché
- le rayon

We won't get there patting ourselves on the back.
- to pat oneself on the back

On arrive pas là en se pétant les bretelles
- se péter les bretelles

A story that must have made many parents shudder.
- to shudder

Une histoire que a dû faire frémir bien des parents.
- frémir

They can inquire at the civil level.
- to inquire

Ils peuvent s'enquérir au niveau civil.
- s'enquérir (conj like "requérir")
je m'enquiers
je me suis enquis

She just sprained her ankle.
- to sprain one's ankle

Elle vient de se fouler la cheville.
- se fouler la cheville

the blind spots of our history

les angles morts de notre histoire

the maze

le dédale

the jersey
the bathing suit

le maillot
le maillot de bain

The people are hungry/starving and distraught.
- distraught

Le peuple est affamé et désemparé.
- désemparé(e)

My new boss is pretty annoying/stressful.
- annoying, stressful (QC)

Mon nouveau patron est pas mal rushant.
- rushant (QC)

the apron

le tablier

the scooter

la trottinette

the walker

la marchette

a bunch of hair
- the duvet

une couette de cheveux
- la couette (hint: unrelated to above)

My friend gave me a hug to comfort me.
- the hug

Mon ami m'a fait un câlin pour me réconforter.
- le câlin
("ca" as in "cat")

the subsequent year
they subsequently adopted

l'année subséquente
ils ont adopté subséquemment

I won't take advantage of the situation to further humiliate another political formation.
- to humiliate (QC) (not "humilier")
non QC: to wedge

Je ne profiterai pas de la situation pour caler davantage une autre formation politique.
- caler (2) (QC, non QC)
("ca" as in "cat")

the firewall

le pare-feu

the scalp
- the leather, the hide

le cuir chevelu
- le cuir (2)

We know our limits as well as the power of networking.
- as well as

Nous connaissons nos limites de même que le pouvoir de réseautage.
- de même que

to promote the idea of a price on carbon
- to lather
(not "promouvoir": promeus promeus promeut promouvons promouvez promeuvent)

mousser l'idée d'un prix sur le carbone
- mousser

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