But I'm no longer worried in terms of his dangerousness.
Mais je ne suis plus inquiet au niveau de sa dangerosite.
- la dangerosité
the back and forth movements
les mouvements de va-et-vient
instead of wallowing in my crappy day
- to wallow (to get stuck)
au lieu de m'enliser dans ma journée de cul
- s'enliser
the wardrobe
la garde-robe
(also seen: masculine)
If I had found something
I would have told you.
Si j'avais trouvé quelque chose
je te l'aurais dit.
If event1 had happened (past perfect)
event2 would have happened (conditional perfect)
(si clause: 3rd conditional)
Si j'avais trouvé quelque chose
je te l'aurais dit.
lit: I may be the badly shod shoemaker.
context: a psychiatrist who doesn't know his own wife's state of mind
Je suis peut-être cordonnier mal chaussé.
He wasn't beaten up there.
- to beat sb up
Il s'est pas fait tabasser là.
- tabasser qqn
to surmount
surmountable
surmonter
surmontable
a bad bird (meaning: a bad guy)
- the sparrow, the bird
un méchant moineau
- le moineau (2)
(pronunciation: as in "moi"
or as in "moin")
suicidal
to commit suicide
suicidaire
se suicider
candid
candidly
the candor
candide
candidement
la candeur
I invite/urge my fans to come hear me.
- to invite, to urge
Je convie mes fans à venir m'entendre.
- convier (2)
There's nothing she can't handle.
Hint: do no use "pouvoir"
Il n'y a rien à son épreuve.
You often pitted him against his mother.
- to pit someone against sb/sth
Tu l'as souvent monté contre sa mère.
- monter qqn contre qqn/qqch
the hall, the foyer
le hall (2)
the robbery w/ force or threat of force
le vol qualifié
the tubal ligation
(i.e, the tubes tied)
la ligature des trompes
I find this constructive rather than brooding at home.
- to brood
- to crush
Je trouve ça constructif au lieu de broyer du noir chez nous.
- broyer du noir
- broyer
I'm appalled by what I just read.
- to appall (trans)
Je suis atterré par ce que je viens de lire.
- atterrer (trans)
Five women worked with him as part of a TV show.
- worked with him, knew him, been around him
Cinq femmes l'ont côtoyé dans le cadre d'une émission de télévision.
- l'ont côtoyé (3)
I thought this spot was as good as any.
lit: was well worth another
J'ai pensé que cet endroit en valait bien un autre.
It wasn't just gossip.
- the gossip (not "les potins")
Il ne s'agissait pas de simples ragots.
- les ragots (m.pl.)
context: the case is getting bogged down
I would like to know if we've got nothing.
lit: we're in front of nothing
le contexte: l'affaire s'enlise
J'aimerais ça savoir si on est devant rien.
He wouldn't hurt a fly.
- the fly
Il ferait pas de mal à une mouche.
- la mouche
He's a sadist.
- the sadist
- sadistic
C'est un sadique.
- le,la sadique
- sadique
I don't go out much.
Je ne suis pas sorteux.
the owl
le hibou
Teenagers pin up posters of their favorite groups.
- to pin up
Les adolescents punaisent les affiches de leurs groupes favoris.
- punaiser
the thumbtack, the bug
la punaise (2)