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the average citizen

le citoyen lambda

A woman was allegedly abused by a man.
lit: would have suffered the abuses
- the abuse (not "(le) abus"), the brutality (not "la brutalité)

Une femme aurait subi les sévices d'un homme.
- les sévices (m.pl) (2)

I'm rusty (i.e., out of practice).
- to rust (trans)
- to go rusty (2)

Je suis rouillée.
- rouiller (trans)
- rouiller (intrans), se rouiller

But you, you win the prize.
lit: land the palm leaf
- the palm (leaf)
- prize at Cannes film festival

Mais toi, tu décroches la palme.
- la palme
- la Palme d'Or
(décrocher)

to assume/to fulfill a function

assumer une fonction

to take responsiblity for ... the consequences of one's acts

assumer ... les conséquences de ses actes

to assert oneself

s'assumer

I assume she won't be coming.
- to suppose, to assume

Je suppose qu'elle ne viendra pas.
- supposer (2)

the gene

le gène

I can't size you up yet.
- to size up (QC)

Je te size pas encore.
- sizer (QC) (prounced like "seize-er")

He's up to something/scheming something.
- to scheme (not "magouiller")

Il est en train de manigancer quelque chose.
- manigancer

The shareholders don't give a damn about the happiness of the employees.
- to not give a damn about

Les actionnaires se contrefoutent du bonheur des employés.
- se contrefoutre

the board of directors

le conseil d'administration (le C.A.)

Beijing is not relenting.
- to relent (intrans)

Pékin ne fléchit pas.
- fléchir (intrans)

I had to bend my knees to pass (through) the low door.
- to bend (trans)

J'ai dû fléchir les genoux pour passer la porte basse.
- fléchir (trans)

If I were you I would make sure not to disappoint me.
- to make sure

Si j'étais toi je m'assurerais de pas me décevoir.
- s'assurer

(discussing an upcoming negociation)
It's worth raising.
lit: that it be raised

(en train de discuter d'une négo à venir)
Ça vaut la peine que ce soit relevé.

I'm no longer insecure. (2)

Je ne suis plus insécure. (the 'in' as in English)
Je ne suis plus peu sûr(e) de moi.

We're going to end up in prison.
- the prison (colloq) e.g., the clink

On va finir en taule.
- la taule

the drill

la perceuse

to open the champagne
- to slash
(the sabre)

sabrer le champagne
- sabrer ('sa' as in English "sat" but a bit longer)
(le sabre)

He removed the broken cork from the neck of the bottle.
- the cork
- the neck (not "le cou")

Il a retiré le bouchon brisé du goulot de la bouteille.
- le bouchon
- le goulot

the corkscrew

le tire-bouchon

the bottleneck

le goulot d'étranglement

un apareil de chauffage, e.g., the radiator, the stove, the furnace

le calorifère, p.e., le radiateur, le poêle, le fourneau

a version the slightest bit acceptable
- the slightest bit (the least)
- acceptable (potable)

une version le moindrement potable
- le moindrement
- potable

the shears, the pruning shears

le sécateur

I take Interac transfers.
- the transfer (not "le transfert")

Je prends les virements Interac.
- le virement

the kickoff

le coup d'envoi

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