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the blank canvas
- the canvas

le canevas vierge
- le canevas

the poppy

le coquelicot

the oil drilling/exploration
- the drilling, the exploration
- to drill

le forage pétrolier (2)
- le forage (2)
- forer

the magnate

le magnat

up to a maximum of 10,000 dollars
- up to a maximum of

jusqu'à concurrence de 10,000 dollars
- jusqu'à concurrence de

His voice is breaking.
- to moult

Il mue.
- muer

a crisis fabricated out of whole cloth (i.e., phony)

une crise fabriquée de toutes pièces (c.-à-d., bidon)

another way to "phish" vulnerable people
- to phish
- the phishing

une autre façon d'hameçonner des personnes vulnerables
- hameçonner
- le hameçonnage

The vaccination rate is stagnating.
- to stagnate

Le taux de vaccination stagne.
- stagner (intrans)

He didn't have good chemistry with her.

Il n'avait pas d'atomes crochus avec elle.

the spotlight focused on him
- the projector, the spotlight
to shine the spotlight

les projecteurs braqués sur lui
- le projecteur (2)
braquer les projecteurs

She gorges on food at night.
- to gorge on

Elle se gave de nourriture la nuit.
- se gaver de

Everything suggests/leads to believe that this is an innocent victim.

Tout port à croire qu'il s'agit d'une victime innocente.

The polygraph confirms his claim.
- the claim (not "la réclamation")

Le polygraphe confirme sa prétention.
- la prétention

He passed his exam hands down.

Il a réussi son examen haut la main.

He may have falsified the data.
- to falsify, to distort

Il peut avoir faussé les données.
- fausser (2)

circumstantial

circonstantiel(le)

a real or fake weapon
- fake

une arme réelle ou factice
- factice

fasten your seatbelts
- to fasten
- the belt

bouclez vos ceintures
- boucler
- la ceinture

a part of the city is sealed off
- to seal off (to fasten)

une partie de la ville est bouclée
- boucler

We try not to unduly alert the inhabitants.
- unduly

On essaie de ne pas alerter outre mesure les habitants.
- outre mesure

the hoax

le canular

the commotion (2)

le branle-bas, le tumulte

the uproar, the battle stations
(police called out in force after a gunman spotted in Sept-Îles)

le branle-bas [de combat] (2)

The garden tools are in the shed.
- the shed

Les outils de jardin sont dans la remise.
- la remise

My blood is boiling because of the sun.
- to boil (not "bouillir"), to bubble

J'ai le sang qui bouillonne à cause du soleil.
- bouillonner (2)

no fox to tame
- to tame
- the taming

pas de renard à apprivoiser
- apprivoiser (trans)
- (le) apprivoisement

to comb through the bank accounts
Hint: to pass
- the comb
- to comb

passer en peigne fin les comptes bancaires
- le peigne
- peigner

the levee

la digue

It's not his responsibility.
- the domain

Ce n'est pas de son ressort.
- le ressort

to do more in prevention, proactively
- proactively

agir davantage en prévention, en amont
- en amont

the chive

la ciboulette

the crutch

la béquille

I feel stuck in my yard.
- to feel stuck (QC) (not "coincé")

Je me sens pogné dans ma cour.
- se sentir pogné(e) (QC)

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