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The new law and its consequential application will be beneficial to families.
- beneficial
- consequential i.e., following as a result or effect

La nouvelle loi et son application conséquente seront bénéfiques aux familles.
- bénéfique
- conséquent(e)

perhaps the most consequential discovery of the eighteenth century
- consequential i.e., important, significant

peut-être la découverte la plus conséquente du XVIIIe siècle
- conséquent(e)

The minister is consistent in two respects.
- consistent (not "cohérent")

Le ministre est conséquent avec lui-même sur deux plans.
- conséquent(e)

the cost is prohibitive
- prohibitive (not "prohibitif")

le cout est rédhibitoire
- rédhibitoire

secretly suported by Russia
- underhandedly, secretly

soutenu en sous-main par la Russie
- en sous-main (2)

The sailor moored his boat to the quay.
The boat is docked.
- to moor, to dock (trans)

Le marin a amarré son bateau au quai.
Le bateau est amarré.
- amarrer (2)

The boat is docking alongside the quay.
- to dock (intrans)

Le bateau s’amarre le long du quai.
- s'amarrer

the mountaineers step over a dying Sherpa
- to step over

les alpinistes enjambent un Sherpa agonisant
- enjamber

A footbridge spans the stream.
- the footbridge (the gateway)
- to span (to step over)

Une passerelle enjambe le ruisseau.
- la passerelle
- enjamber

The probe collected information for the scientists.
- the probe
(to sound out, to poll)

La sonde a recueilli des données pour les scientifiques.
- la sonde
(sonder)

the pit (2)

la fosse, la carrière

the warning signs

les signes avant-coureurs

It can't be done with a snap of the fingers.

Ça ne peut pas se faire dans un claquement de doigts.

prescribed judiciously/wisely

préscrits à bon escient

the molecule, the drug

la molécule (2)

provided that the promises come true
(to fill, to provide)

pourvu que les promesses se réalisent
(pourvoir)

We're now seeing the pendulum swing back towards personalization.
- the pendulum

Nous assistons aujourd'hui à un retour de balancier vers la personnalisation.
- le balancier

I did not question his decision.
- to question, to call into question

Je n'ai pas mis en cause sa décision.
- mettre en cause

The United States is trying to impugn the loan assessment process.
- to impugn (dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of) (to call into queston)

Les États-Unis essaient de mettre en cause le processus d'évaluation des prêts.
- mettre en cause

The poor population is the first to bear the brunt of this shortage.
- to bear the brunt, to suffer the consequences

La population pauvre est la première à subir les contrecoups de cette pénurie.
- subir les contrecoups (2)

a skittishness among investors
- the skittishness
(skittish, sensitive to the cold)

une frilosité chez les investisseurs
- la frilosité
(frileux)

the red lights alt: the red flags
- the light

les voyants rouges (2)
- le voyant

the panacea

la panacée

the mudslide
- the flow

la coulée de boue
- la coulée

to take the pulse of Trump diehards

prendre le pouls des irréductibles de Trump

a diehard romantic

un irréductible romantique

the kale

le chou frisé

a curiosity that will never be satisfied
- to satisfy (not "satisfaire")

une curiosité qui ne sera jamais assouvie
- assouvir (trans)
assouvis/is/it/issons/issez/issent

housing is scarce
- to be scarce, to be in short supply

les logements se font rare
- se faire rare

a disloyal act
- disloyal

un acte déloyal
- déloyal(e)

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