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I almost pass out just when I put on heels.
Hint: not "je presque"

Je manque de m'évanouir juste quand je mets des talons.

the leg (not "la jambe"), the paw

la patte (2)

shameless, brazen

éhonté (2)

I drained the pasta before serving it.
- to drain, to strain

J'ai égoutté les pâtes avant de les servir.
- égoutter (2)

The hairdresser massaged my scalp.
- to massage

Le coiffeur m'a massé le cuir chevelu.
- masser

You won't let yourself be tempted today?
- to let oneself

Vous vous laisserez pas tenter aujourd'hui?
- se laisser

the fold
to fold

le pli
plier

the combine harvester
the harvester
to harvest
the harvest
the thresher

la moissonnesse-batteuse
la moissonneuse
moissonner
la moisson
la batteuse

She's a fairy who transformed reinforced concrete into soft marshmallow.
- soft

Elle est une fée qui a transformé le beton armé en guimauve molle.
- mou/molle

the stain, the patch

la tache (2)
(la tâche - the task)

the buried cars
- to bury (not "enterrer")

les voitures ensevelies
- ensevelir

in the flesh, in flesh and blood
- the flesh
- the bone

en chair et en os
- la chair
- (le) os

the ice pick
the skewer
the mountain peak
- the pick, the peak

le pic à glace
le pic à brochette
le pic de la montagne
- le pic (2)

The chicken is cooking in the oven
- to cook, to bake

Le poulet est en train de cuire au four.
- cuire (trans, intrans above) (2)

We will continue to advocate a strategic approach.
- to advocate (not "prôner"), to recommend

Nous continuerons de préconiser une approche stratégique.
- préconiser (2)

the political chessboard / arena

(le) échiquier politique

to feel queasy / sick at heart

avoir mal au coeur (2)

charred

calciné(e)

You never know what people have inside of them.
- inside of

On ne sait jamais ce que les gens ont en dedans d'eux autres.
- en dedans de

I completely ripped off Julie's braces.
- to rip off (to pull)
- the braces (2)

J'ai tout arraché les broches de Julie.
- arracher
- les broches (QC), les appareils orthodontiques

She wrested the toy from the child's hands.
- to wrest (to pull, to rip off)

Elle a arraché le jouet des mains de l'enfant.
- arracher

We tried to run away from the hospital.
- to run away (2)
- the running away

On a essayé de fuguer de l'hôpital
- fuguer, faire une fugue
- la fugue

There's a lot going on with my eldest.
- to stir

Ça brasse pas mal avec ma plus veille.
- brasser

(more cultures and races in Quebec)
Quebec is mixing more and more.
She is mixed race.
- to mix, to blend

Le Québec se métisse de plus en plus.
Elle est métissée.
- (se) métisser

an attractive offer
- attractive

une offre alléchante
- alléchant(e)

Conceived to exceed customer expectations.
- to surpass, to exceed

Conçu pour surpasser les attentes des clients.
- surpasser (2)

to leave in a hurry
- the haste

quitter à la hâte
- la hâte

She has a powerful sense of smell.
- the sense of smell

Elle a un odorat puissant.
- (le) odorat

What are you doing? :: It seems obvious to me: some cleaning.
- the cleaning, the housekeeping, the household

Tu fais quoi? :: Il me semble que ça se voit: du ménage.
- le ménage (3)

It's largely autobiographical.

C'est grandement autobiographique.

I'm almost lost it (i.e., to become really angry). (QC)
He became extremely angry.

J'ai failli péter ma coche. (QC)
Il a pété une coche.

You never made some gaffes in your life?
- the gaffe, the slip-up

T'en as jamais fait des gaffes dans ta vie?
- la gaffe

Our girls partied hard yesterday. (QC)
- to party hard (i.e., with lots of booze)

Nos filles en ont viré une hier. (QC)
- virer une brosse

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