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on the question of this skein
- the skein: a tangled, complicated situation (pronounced "skane")

sur la question de cet écheveau
- (le) écheveau

a deleterious effect

un effet délétère

to arouse keen interest
- the covetousness
- to covet

susciter les convoitises
- la convoitise
- convoiter

I'll give you the wording of one of them.
- the wording

Je vous donne le libellé d'une entre elle.
- le libellé ('l' sound)

tenacious
the tenacity

tenace
la ténacité

the fateful consequences
- fateful i.e., far-reaching and disastrous (not "fatidique")

les conséquences funestes
- funeste

We confirmed it by indirect means.
Hint: not "par des moyens indirects"

On l'a confirmé par la bande.
(du jeu de billard: un tir par la bande - the rail)

let's not beat around the bush anymore

ne tournons plus autour du pot

elected officials are brandishing the bogeyman of sovereignty
- the scarecrow, the bogeyman

les élus brandissent l'épouvantail souverainiste
- (le) épouvantail (2)

a healthy skepticism
- healthy (not "sain")

un scepticisme de bon aloi
- de bon aloi

it's of good quality
- of good quality (healthy)

c'est de bon aloi
- de bon aloi

the city skyline

la ligne d'horizon de la ville

I garnished the pasta with grated cheese.
- to garnish
- to grate

J'ai garni les pâtes de fromage râpé.
- garnir
- râper

I will furnish my new bookcase with interesting books.
- to furnish, to fill (to garnish)
- the bookcase (the library)

Je vais garnir ma nouvelle bibliothèque de livres intéressants.
- garnir
- la bibliothèque

The movers emptied the house of its furniture.
- to empty (not "vider"), to strip (not "priver" "déchoir")

Les déménageurs ont dégarni la maison de ses meubles.
- dégarnir (trans)

to sparkle in the sun
- to sparkle (not "étinceler")

miroiter au soleil
- miroiter (intrans)

He dangles them a job, a new life.
- to dangle

Il leur fait miroiter un emploi, une nouvelle vie.
- faire miroiter

The group is sufficiently armed to stand up to the Israeli offensive.
- to stand up to sb

Le groupe est suffisamment armé pour tenir tête à l'offensive israélienne.
- tenir tête à qn

the magic bullet reforms
lit: the magic wand reforms
- the wand

les réformes baguette magique
- la baguette

He rose to the bait.
lit: he bit to the hook
- the hook

Il a mordu à l'hameçon.
- (le) hameçon
("mordre" is trans but in this expression use 'à')

a very sensitive skin
- the epidermis, the skin (not "la peau")

une épiderme très sensible
- (la) épiderme

to log out
lit: close the session
- to close

clore la session
- clore
je clos tu clos il/elle clôt ils/elles closent
j'ai clos

I am an apostle of parliamentary work.
- the apostle, i.e., a vigorous supporter of a particular policy, idea, or cause

Je suis un apôtre du travail parlementaire.
- (le) apôtre

One day, and I caused an ice age and started an international incident.
- the incident (not "(le incident")

Un jour et j'ai causé un âge de glace et débuté une péripétie internationale.
- la péripétie

His case took many twists and turns.
- the twist and turns (the incident)

Son affaire a connu de nombreuses péripéties.
- les péripéties

the consumer price index

l'indice des prix à la consommation
(le) indice

the cornerstone of our strategy
- the cornerstone

la pierre angulaire de notre stratégie
- la pierre angulaire

to loiter

flâner

a great epic
a long journey

une grande épopée
une longue épopée

a bland expression
- bland (expression, food)

une expression fade
- fade

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