"She supplements her pay.<br /> - to round (off)", "Elle arrondit ses fins de mois.<br /> - arrondir" "m/I can't take hearing you complain.<br /> - to complain in a whiny way (not "se plaindre") (QC)", "Je ne suis plus capable de t'entendre chialer.<br /> - chialer (QC)" "as long as we're there<br /> th/The subject is not specified, determine by context: I'm, you're, we're", "tant qu'à y être" "You implied that all would have been fine otherwise.<br /> - to imply (not "laisser entendre")<br /> - implied", "Vous avez sous-entendu que tout se serait bien passé autrement.<br /> - sous-entendre<br /> - sous-entendu(e)<br /> (se passer)" "It was more a subtle innuendo.<br /> - the innuendo<br /> - subtle<br /> - the subtlety", "C'était plutôt un sous-entendu subtil.<br /> - le sous-entendu<br /> - subtil(e)<br /> - la subtilité" "You don't find she has a rebellious side?<br /> - rebellious (not "rebelle")<br /> - the rebellion (not "la rébellion")", "Tu trouves pas qu'elle a un côté frondeur?<br /> - frondeur/se<br /> - la fronde" "Are you holding the fort?<br /> alt: (context: child missing) Are you holding up?<br /> - the fort<br /> Are you holding up?", "Tu tiens le fort? (2)<br /> - le fort<br /> Vous tenez le coup?" "It's not an oversight, it's a lie.<br /> - the oversight, the oblivion<br /> - the lie (not "le mensonge")", "C'est pas un oubli, c'est une menterie.<br /> - (le) oubli (2)<br /> - la menterie (QC: old French)" "the dunce of the class<br /> i.e., the worst", "le cancre de la classe" "the learners of French", "les apprenants du français" "while waiting for the appeal to be heard on its merits<br /> Hint: not "sur ses mérites (le mérite)"", "en attendant que l'appel soit entendu sur le fond" "m/from the time you got up<br /> lit: the lifting of the body<br /> (heard on District 31)", "à partir de la levée du corps" "I placed a plank on the workbench to saw it.<br /> - the workbench", "J'ai placé une planche sur l'établi pour la scier.<br /> - (le) établi" "The officer at the police station was very helpful.<br /> - helpful, obliging", "L'agent du poste de police a été très serviable.<br /> - serviable" "When you confront him, he gets his back up.<br /> - to get one's back up", "Quand tu le confrontes, il se braque.<br /> - se braquer" "He has a shifty look.", "Il a le regard fuyant.<br /> (le gérondif de "fuir")" "It comes, of course, from the literal translation of your language.<br /> - the literal translation, the copy", "Ça vient, bien entendu, du calque de votre langue.<br /> - le calque (2)" "He got caught.<br /> - to get caught", "Il s'est fait prendre.<br /> - se faire prendre" "The conservative leader tried, as best he could, to calm the controversy.<br /> - as best one could, somehow<br /> - to appease, to calm", "Le chef conservateur a tenté, tant bien que mal, d'apaiser la controvèrse.<br /> - tant bien que mal (2)<br /> - apaiser (2)" "the handguns<br /> - the weapon<br /> - the fist", "les armes de poing<br /> - (la) arme<br /> - le poing" "the punch", "le coup de poing" "There was a black car parked in front of the park.<br /> - to park (not "stationner")", "Il y avait un char noir de parqué devant le parc.<br /> - parquer" "m/When I'm not sure of things, I'm not the type to make it up.<br /> lit: sure of my shot", "Quand je suis pas sûr de mon coup, je suis pas le genre à en inventer." "to separate the wheat from the chaff", "séparer le bon grain de l'ivraie<br /> (la ivraie)" "I have no trouble believing it.", "J'ai pas de mal à le croire." "m/You should pull through OK.", "Tu devrais t'en tirer correctement." "The efforts were minute compared to what awaits you.<br /> - minute", "Les efforts étaient infimes devant ce qui vous attend.<br /> - infime" "Your training will be strewn with pitfalls.<br /> - the pitfall", "Votre formation sera parsemée d'embûches.<br /> - (la) embûche"
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