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the disparate group
- disparate

(le) ensemble disparate
- disparate

weekly
the weekly

hebdomadaire
(le) hebdomadaire

the blacksmith

le forgeron

the five-year plan

le plan quinquennal

Still, it's the classic story of just about every couple.

N'empêche que c'est l'histoire classique d'à peu près tous les couples.

You're bored with me, huh?
- to be bored stiff/shitless

Tu t'emmerdes avec moi, hein?
- s'emmerder (as in "en")

She's afraid that the situation gets out of control.
- to go out of control

Elle craint que la situation dérape.
- déraper (intrans)
(m/ ne dérape)

(the conversation takes a funny turn)
I think we're getting a bit off track.

(la conversation prend une drôle de tournure)
Je pense qu'on dérape un peu.
(déraper)

They're not going to bother contacting Interpol.
Hint: vulgar
(not: se déranger, prendre la peine)

Ils ne vont pas se faire chier à contacter Interpol.

Before it was clear to me.
- clear (not "clair")

Avant c'était limpide pour moi.
- limpide

the subway train
- the train, the oar

la rame de métro
- la rame (2)

damaged, spoiled (QC)
to damage (not "endommager"), to spoil (not "abîmer")

magané(e) (QC) (2)
maganer (QC) (2)

m/He really looks poorly (QC).
- to damage the health or appearance (not "détériorer la santé ou l'apparence physique")

Il a l'air vraiment magané. (QC)
- maganer (QC)

Everyone was willing.
- consenting, willing
- to consent
- the consent

Tout le monde était consentant.
- consentant(e) (2)
- consentir
- le consentement

The first draft of this policy.
- the draft (not "le brouillon"), the version

La première mouture de cette politique.
- la mouture (2)

the flagship
- the admiral

le vaisseau amiral
- (le) amiral

The city reported a sudden influx of visitors.
- the influx

La ville a signalé un afflux soudain de visiteurs.
- (le) afflux
(signaler - ñ sound)

the native speaker

le locuteur natif, la locutrice native

I no longer felt desired.
- to desire

Je ne me sentais plus désirée.
- désirer (trans)

not scary but satisfying
- scary (QC) (not "effrayant")

pas épeurant mais satisfaisant
- épeurant(e) (QC)

Are you trying to bribe me?
- to bribe (m/might have sense "to sweet talk")
- the bribe (2)

T'essayes-tu de me soudoyer?
- soudoyer
- le pot-de-vin, le bakchich (France)

to criss-cross the country

sillonner le pays
('y' sound)

The pirate buried his treasure.
- to bury (not "enterrer" "ensevelir")

Le pirate a enfoui son trésor.
- enfouir
enfouis/is/it/issons/issez/issent

the oak, the oak tree

le chêne (2)

Our marriage has flaws.
- the flaw, the fault

Notre mariage a des failles.
- la faille (2)

The delay is due to a technical defect.
- the vice, the defect (not "le défaut")

Le retard est dû a un vice technique.
- le vice (2)

We gave her a sedative but she may struggle.
- the sedative
- to struggle (not "lutter")
(to debate)

On lui a donné un sédatif mais elle peut se débattre.
- le sédatif
- se débattre
(débattre - j'ai débattu)

The culverts are subject to corrosion.
- the culvert

Les ponceaux sont sujets à la corrosion.
- le ponceau

We're getting hammered.
lit: we're wiping our faces

On se torche la face.
(se torcher)

The benchmarks for the program will be determined later.
- the benchmark, the beacon

Les balises pour le programme seront déterminées plus tard.
- la balise (2)

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