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François Legault's blunder
- the blunder (not "la bavure" "la bévue")

la bourde de François Legault
- la bourde

to stay afloat

rester à flot

the no-fault system

le régime sans égard à la responsabilité

the rise in violence
- the rise (not "la hausse")

la montée de la violence
- la montée

The president also agrees.
- to agree with someone
- to abound in

Le président abonde aussi en ce sens.
- abonder dans le sens de qqn
- abonder en

the front hood

le capot avant

Several countries are busy evacuating their nationals.
lit: busying themselves
- to busy oneself, to bustle about

Plusiers pays s'affairent à évacuer leurs ressortissants.
- s'affairer

Don't be a cog in their machine
- the cog

Ne sois pas un rouage de leur machine.
- le rouage

the obstacles in his way

les obstacles sur son chemin

He knows how to unearth forgotten places.
- to unearth (not "déterrer")

Il sait dénicher des lieux oubliés.
- dénicher

the instigator (not "le fauteur"), the initiator

(le) instigateur (2)

the donor (of charity)
the organ donor

le donateur, la donatrice
le donneur d'organes
(pronounced as in "le don" - both cases)

The shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
- to quote

Les actions sont cotées à la Bourse de Toronto.
- coter

Click on the three dots (...) icon on top at the right.

Cliquez sur l'icône des trois points de suspension (...) située en haut à droite.

Then began a revolting and unheard-of scene.
- revolting
- unheard-of, extraordinary

Alors commença une scène révoltante et inouïe.
- révoltant(e)
- inouïe (2)

The problems are far from being eliminated.
- to eliminate (to absorb)

Les problèmes sont loin d'être résorbés.
- résorber

Growth is necessary to reduce unemployment.
- to reduce (to absorb, to eliminate)

La croissance est nécessaire pour résorber le chômage.
- résorber

His name is misspelled.
Hint: not "épelé"

Son nom est mal orthographié.

a beggar in rags
- the rag

un mendiant en guenilles
- la guenille

teachers who yell
- to yell (not "crier")

les profs qui hurlent
- hurler

to slam the door

claquer la porte

It goes against everything we should do.

Ça va à l’encontre de tout ce qu’on devrait faire.

In a negotiation it's the power relationship that is important.
- the power relationship

Dans une négo c'est le rapport de force qui est important.
- le rapport de force

the home run

le coup de circuit

a snack that will satisfy my cravings between meals
- the craving

une collation qui va combler mes fringales entre repas
- la fringale

an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
- to cure, to heal

mieux vaut prévenir que guérir
- guérir (trans, intrans)

It's a choice and in no way an inevitability.
- the fatality, the inevitability (not (la) inévitabilité)

C'est un choix et aucunement une fatalité.
- la fatalité (2)

It doesn't hold water.

Ça ne tient pas la route.

more accountability
- accountable

plus d'imputabilité
- imputable

The fall in sales is attributable to increased competition.
- attributable to (2)

La baisse des ventes est imputable à une concurrence accrue.
- attribuable à, imputable à

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