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He is planning to buy a house next year.
- to plan (to project)

Il projette d'acheter une maison l'an prochain.
- projeter

Right now, the turning point of your life.
lit: It is in this moment
- the turning point

C'est en ce moment, le tournant de ta vie.
- le tournant

the revolving door

la porte tournante

visible for miles around
I'd recognize that scar from a mile away.

visible à des kilomètres à la ronde
Je reconnaîtrais cette cicatrice à un kilomètre à la ronde.

He titled his new essay “The new poor”.
- to title

Il a intitulé son nouvel essai ’Les nouveaux pauvres’.
- intituler (trans)

It could be titled "Training the Trainers".
- to be titled
- the trainer (not "l'entraîneur ")
- formative

Il pourrait s'intituler «Former les formateurs».
alt: il pourrait être intitulé
- s'intituler
- le formateur
- formatif(ve)

Unexpected treatments have freed hundreds of entreched suicidal thoughts.
- entrenched

Des traitements inespérés ont délivré des centaines d’idées suicidaires indélogeables.
- indélogeable

to dislodge a stuck object
to turn out the tenant

déloger un objet coincé
déloger le locataire

There is a steady flow of tourists in Italy.
- the flow

Il y a un flux constant de touristes en Italie.
- le flux (pronounced like "fleu")

the ebb and flow

le flux et reflux

two centimeters at most

deux centimètres tout au plus
alt: au plus, au maximum

We can fine-tune the final offer.
- to fine-tune, to tweak

On peut fignoler l'offre finale.
- fignoler

The burglar smashed a window to get into the house.
- to smash (not "défoncer"), to shatter (not "éclater": to shatter, to burst)

Le cambrioleur a fracassé une fenêtre pour pénétrer dans la maison.
- fracasser (2)

a sensational debut

une entrée fracassante

the negotiations are still in a shambles

les négociations sont toujours dans un capharnaüm

a yes-man
- to bless
- to curse
(the blessing) (the curse)

un béni-oui-oui
- bénir
- maudire
(la bénédiction) (la malédiction)

On the other hand, reality seems to mock these dreams
- to mock, to jeer
- the mockery, the jeering

D'un autre côté, la réalité semble railler ces rêves.
- railler (2) (pronounced 'ra-iyer')
- les railleries (2)

I hate it, rowing.
- the rowing

J'hais ça, l'aviron.
- (le) aviron

He stubbornly affirms that he is always right.
- stubbornly

Il affirme mordicus qu'il a toujours raison.
- mordicus

It's just a little platform for your presentation.
- the platform

C'est juste une petite estrade pour ta présentation.
- (la) estrade

I call Arnel to the stand.
- the stand (the platform)

J'appelle Arnel sur l'estrade.
- (la) estrade

the stands of the stadium (2)

les estrades du stade
alt: les tribunes du stade

Losing the competition did not put a dent my confidence.
- to put a dent in (to start)

Perdre la compétition n'a pas entamé ma confiance en moi.
- entamer

I was able to locate the source of the radio signal.
- to locate

J'ai pu localiser la source du signal radio.
- localiser

The plastic used is strong and durable but not unbreakable.
- resistant, durable (not "durable")
- unbreakable

Le plastique utilisé est solide et résistant mais pas incassable.
- résistant(e) (2)
- incassable

less successful
- to succeed (to end up)

moins abouti
- aboutir

A convict has escaped from prison.
the galley slaves of AI
- the convict, the galley slave

Un forçat s'est évadé de prison.
les forçats de l'IA
- le forçat (2)

a Californian start-up
lit: a young shoot

une jeune pousse californienne

resilient
the resilience

résilient(e)
la résilience

in a weary voice
- weary

d'une voix lasse
- las(se)
"las": sounds like musical note "la"

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