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But here's something to dampen your enthusiasm.
- to dampen

Mais voici de quoi doucher votre enthousiasme.
- doucher

The razor has two replaceable blades.
- the blade (not "le fer")

Le rasoir possède deux lames remplaçables.
- la lame

He was so nervous all he could do was pace around.
- to pace (around)

Il était tellement nerveux que tout ce qu'il pouvait faire était de faire les cent pas.
- faire les cent pas

a removal of the spleen
- the removal
- the spleen

une ablation de la rate
- (la) ablation
- la rate

the plasterer: maybe he can give a brushstroke (i.e., paint a bit)
- the brushstroke
- the (paint) brush

le plâtrier: peut-être il peut donner un coup de pinceau
- le coup de pinceau
- le pinceau

the police officers who line the banks

les policiers qui longent les berges

They fear a new flare-up in the region.
- the flare-up

Ils craignent un nouvel embrasement de la région.
- (le) embrasement

A Russian missile has just struck the neighborhood.
- to strike (not "heurter")
(to bring down, to shoot)

Un missile russe vient juste de s'abattre dans le quartier.
- s'abattre
(abattre)

the spin
the plane: to go into a spin/tailspin
the situation: to go out of control

la vrille ('y' sound)
l'avion: partir en vrille
la situation: partir en vrille

inducted into the hall of fame
- to enthrone, to induct
- the enthronement, the induction

intronisé au temple de la renommée
- introniser (2)
- (la) intronisation (2)

Looking at an eclipse may cause permanent blindness.
- the eclipse
- to eclipse
- the blindness (not "l'aveuglement")

Regarder une éclipse peut causer la cécité permanente.
- (la) éclipse
- éclipser (trans)
- la cécité

the plaintiff in a class action
- the plaintiff (not "le plaignant")

le requérant dans une action collective
- le requérant

I heard a car backfire.
- to backfire
- the backfire

j'ai entendu une voiture pétarader.
- pétarader
- la pétarade

the running mate

le colistier, la colistière

behind bars

derrière les barreaux

It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
- the haystack
- the hay

C'est comme chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin.
- la botte de foin
- le foin

The Dashing Cowboys alt: frisky

Les Cowboys Fringants (2)

The anger is less intense.
- intense (not "intense") (bright, live)

La colère est moins vive.
- vif(ve)

with the mild spell hovering over Quebec
- the mild spell

avec le redoux qui plane sur le Québec
- le redoux

He broadcasts slanderous remarks about prominent Moroccans.
- slanderous
- to slander
- the slander (not "les médisances")
- influential, prominent

Il diffuse des propos calomnieux au sujet de Marocains influents.
- calomnieux/se
- calomnier
- les calomnies
- influent(e)

The police have their hands full.
(Your plate is full.)

Les policiers en ont pleins les bras.
(Ta cour est pleine.)

He looked at me with a cheeky look.
- cheeky (i.e., impudent or irreverent)

Il m’a regardé d’un air coquin.
- coquin(e)

The problems are irremediable.
- irremediable (i.e., cannot be put right)

Les problèmes sont irrémédiables.
- irrémédiable

Turn off the phone so that an untimely call does not arrive.
- untimely

Éteignez le téléphone afin qu'un appel intempestif n'arrive pas.
- intempestif/ve

an inadvertent reaction
- inadvertent (untimely)

une réaction intempestive
- intempestif/ve

With this fiasco, the conservative leader is courting his electoral base.
- to court

Avec ce fiasco, le chef conservateur courtise sa base électorale.
- courtiser

the budgetary indiscipline i.e., lack of discipline

(la) indiscipline budgétaire

He brushed us off.
lit: he sent us off to graze
- to graze (not "brouter")

Il nous a envoyé paître.
- paître
pais pais paît paissons paissez paissent
je paissais (no passé composé)

the mop (2)

la vadrouille (QC), le balai à laver (non-QC)

The Olympic stadium: it's falling apart.
- to fall apart

Le stade olympique: c'est en train de péricliter.
- péricliter

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