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the Canada goose
(the goose)

la bernache du Canada
((la) oie)

to ensure the continued existence of public services
(perennial, permanent)

pérenniser les services publics
(pérenne)

the straw the broke the camel's back

la goutte qui a fait déborder le vase

the stock bonuses
- the premium, the bonus (not "le boni")

les primes en actions
- la prime

operating under many pseudonyms
(to get tough, to rage)

sévissant sous de nombreux pseudonymes
(sévir)

Their unconditional love clouds their judgement.
- to cloud/to muddy the judgement

Leur amour inconditionnel embrouille leur jugement.
- embrouiller le jugement

She is trying to confuse Canadians.
- to confuse (not "brouiller" "confondre")

Elle tente d'embrouiller les Canadiens.
- embrouiller

the jack of all trades

l'homme à tout faire

the fuses blow
- the fuse

les fusibles sautent
- le fusible

You were relegated to the service road forever.
(i.e., never put in the fast lane)
- to relegate

On te reléguait sur la voie de service à jamais.
- reléguer

perplexed
the perplexity

perplexe
la perplexité

It's important to surround yourself with people you trust.

C'est important de s'entourer des gens de confiance.

I don't want to have incompetents around / underfoot.

J'ai pas envie d'avoir des incompétents dans les pattes.

It makes me think about my family.
- to cogitate, to think

Ça me fait cogiter sur ma famille.
- cogiter (2)

to break into the US market
- to pierce, to penetrate

percer le marché américain
- percer

the briefcase

la mallette

to detain the prisoner

détenir le prisonnier

to hold/be in power

détenir le pouvoir

a company which has 45 branches
- to have (to detain, to hold)

une compagnie qui détient 45 succursales
- détenir

the cleaver

le couperet
(don't pronounce the first 'e')

the axe

(la) hache

senile
the senility

sénile
la sénilité

but she might stare at you in the grocery store, say
- to stare at somebody
- the stare

mais elle pourrait te dévisager à l'épicerie, mettons
- dévisager qqn (trans)
- le regard fixe

the ally
to ally with

(le) allié
s'allier avec

chauvinist
the chauvinism

chauvin(e)
le chauvinisme (pronounced 'vee')

God, I wasn't asking for so much.

Seigneur, j'en demandais pas tant.

It's to that old refrain that I immediately thought of.
- the refrain

C'est à cette vieille rengaine que j'ai tout de suite pensé.
- la rengaine

the same old story/tune

la même rengaine

timeless

intemporel(le)

If that day never comes, so be it.
Hint: not "tant pis"

Si ce jour-là ne vient jamais, ainsi-soit-il.

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