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unfairly subsidized
- unfair (not "injuste") (disloyal)

subventionné de façon déloyale
- déloyal(e)

the former industrial wastelands
- the wasteland

les anciennes friches industrielles
- la friche

the mortgage loan (2)

le crédit immobilier, le prêt hypothécaire

to yawn
the yawn

bâiller
le bâillement

decrepit
the decrepitude

décrépit(e)
la décrépitude

a series of aberrations that made me bristle as a taxpayer
lit: bristled me
- to bristle

une série d’aberrations qui m’ont hérissé en tant que contribuable
- (se) hérisser

Don't touch a person's head, nor ruffle his hair.
- to ruffle (to bristle)

Ne pas toucher la tête d'une personne, ni hérisser ses cheveux.
- hérisser

Drainville leaves it up to school management
- to leave it up to sb

Drainville s’en remet aux directions d'école.
- s'en remettre à qn

the legal troubles

les démêlés judiciaires

the trench warfare
- the trench

la guerre de tranchées
- la tranchée

how men manage to fool those around them
- to fool, to elude

comment les hommes réussissent à déjouer leurs entourages
- déjouer

to foil a plot
- to foil (to fool, to elude)

déjouer un complot
- déjouer

to game the system
- to game (to fool, to elude, to foil)

déjouer le système
- déjouer

the felt-tip pen

le crayon feutre

ostentatious
the ostentation

ostentatoire
(la) ostentation

the disparity

la disparité

the transgender persons

les personnes transgenres

A little joke that reflects their level of intimacy.
- the joke (not "la plaisanterie"), the quip

Une petite boutade qui reflète leur niveau d'intimité.
- la boutade

moving clockwise
counterclockwise

se déplaçant dans le sens horaire
le sens antihoraire

the plethora

la pléthore

recalcitrant

récalcitrant(e)

Okay, it's way too early to be that perky.
- perky

OK, il est bien trop tôt pour être aussi guilleret.
- guilleret(te)

People are more cheerful in summer.
- cheerful (not "gai") (perky)

Les gens sont plus guillerets en été.
- guilleret(te)

the onion skin
the banana peel
- the skin, the peel

la pelure d’oignon
la pelure de banane
- la pelure (2)

someone who has lost control and is struggling to stay afloat
- to stay afloat (not "rester à flot"), to float

quelqu'un qui a perdu le contrôle et tente de surnager
- surnager (2)

eighty percent of the French, from all political parties

80% des Français, tous partis politiques confondus

a kind of housing, e.g., the barrack, the house, the shed

la baraque (3)

the popcorn

le maïs soufflé

After, I wandered.
- to wander, to forage, to gather nectar/pollen

Après, j’ai butiné.
- butiner (3)

the pork rind (i.e., skin)

la couenne de porc

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