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an archaic and outdated organization
- outdated

une organization archaïque et dépassée
- dépassé(e)

If you feel stressed out and overwhelmed, breathe.
- overwhelmed (not "accablé" "subjugué") (outdated)

Si vous vous sentez stressé et dépassé, respirez.
- dépassé(e)

m/don't you get me started on Thomas Mulcair

partez-moi pas sur Thomas Mulcair

It's hard to imagine that she has lots of money. (QC)

C’est difficile d’imaginer qu’elle a plein de bidous. (QC)

one swallow does not mean spring is here
meaning: il n’est pas raisonnable de tirer des conclusions générales d’un seul fait isolé

une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps

(talking about restricting foreign workers)
They have almost all the powers to put quotas on them.
- to put quotas/restrictions

Ils ont presque tous les pouvoirs pour les contingenter.
- contingenter (trans)

the welder
to weld
(Quebecers are united)

le soudeur
souder
(les Québécois sont soudés)

catatonic
the catatonia

catatonique
la catatonie

the enamel

(le) émail pl: les émaux

the slap (not "la gifle"), the smack

la claque (2)

He won by the skin of his teeth.
He narrowly won.

Il a gagné par la peau de ses dents.
Il a gagné par justesse.

Dawn was beginning to break.
- to break (the dawn)

L’aube commençait à poindre.
- poindre ((la) aube) (intrans)

A new day was dawning over the horizon.
- to dawn (the day)

Un nouveau jour poignait à l'horizon.
- poindre (le jour)
il point, a point, poignait, poindra

This should knock him down a couple of notches
- to knock down

Ça devrait lui rabattre le caquet.
- rabattre (trans)

It is deplorable that they can lower themselves to that degree.
- to lower oneself

Il est déplorable qu'ils puissent s'abaisser à ce point.
- s'abaisser à

doubtful, dubious (i.e., skeptical)
the doubt

dubitatif(ve)
le doute

to grope one’s way forward
to grope around for

avancer à tâtons
chercher à tâtons

he wants to look good

il veut bien parâitre

the intrinsic value

la valeur intrinsèque

Volunteers receive no compensation for their work.
- the compensation (not "la compensation")

Les bénévoles ne reçoivent aucune contrepartie pour leur travail.
- la contrepartie

It called for something strong/tough.
lit: commanded
- to command

Ça commandait quelque chose de costaud.
- commander

to open Pandora's box

ouvrir la boite de Pandore

We want to move away from fossil fuels.
- to move away from

On veut se départir des énergies fossiles.
- se départir de

the film, later proven to be false
- proven, turned out

le film, faux avéré par la suite
- avéré(e) (2)

a better mousetrap

une meilleure souricière

the taking into account the presence of indigenous people
- to take into account

la prise en compte de la présence des autochtones
- prendre en compte

The child was very careful not to crease his drawing.
- to crease (not "plisser")

L'enfant a fait très attention à ne pas froisser son dessin.
- froisser

He does not want to offend his Israeli ally.
- to offend (not "offenser" "offusquer" "heurter") (to crease)

Il ne veut pas froisser son allié israélien.
- froisser

(finance) the risk is fully discounted
- to discount (to expect)

(les finances) le risque est pleinement escompté
- escompter

one of the headwinds for the industry
- the headwind

un des vents de face pour l’industrie
- le vent de face

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