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At the stroke of midnight, I kissed my boyfriend.
- (the blow, the coup, the hit, the move, the shot) the stroke
- to embrace, to kiss

Sur le coup de minuit, j'ai embrassé mon copain.
- le coup
- embrasser (2)

tensions behind the scenes to birth the new transport agency
- the tensions (not "les tensions")

des tiraillements en coulisse pour accoucher la nouvelle agence de transport
- les tiraillements

the powder keg

le baril de poudre

The summer heat quickly softened the butter.
- to soften
- the softening

La chaleur estivale a rapidement ramolli le beurre.
- ramollir ('l' sound)
- le ramollissement

It weakens a bit his arguments.
- to weaken (not "débiliter" "ébranler": to shake, to weaken) (to soften)

Ça ramollit un peu ses arguments.
- ramollir

the mouth wash
- to rinse

le rince-bouche
- rincer (trans)

with enough force to dislocate the femur from the tibia
to dislocate one’s shoulder
- to dislocate
- the dislocation

avec assez de force pour disloquer le fémur du tibia
se disloquer l’épaule
- (se) disloquer
- la dislocation

to break away from the consensus
- to break away (to dislocate)

se disloquer du consensus
- se disloquer

The cleanliness of the hotel room was impeccable.
- the cleanliness
(clean)

La propreté de la chambre d'hôtel était impeccable.
- la propreté
(propre)

to bypass the rules
- to bypass

contourner les règles
- contourner

the negotiations are stumbling
- to stumble (not "trébucher")

les négociations achoppent
- achopper (intrans)

the stumbling block
the sticking point

la pierre d'achoppement
le point d'achoppement

fiteen strike days which can be partitioned
- decomposable i.e., can be partitioned

quinze jours de grève décomposables
- décomposable

the gangrene
to turn gangrenous

la gangrène
se gangrener

The Congo is stuck in a crisis that seems interminable.
Hint: not "le Congo s'enlise"
- stuck, mired

Le Congo est englué dans une crise qui paraît interminable.
- englué(e)

inaudible

inaudible (pronounced like the preposition "au")

but these organizations do not operate in a vacuum
lit: in the void
- to operate (not "opérer") (to act)
- the void (not "le vide")

mais ces organisations n'agissent pas dans le néant
- agir
- le néant

The boundaries between natural and cultural are no longer defined.
lit: are not from now on
(from now on, henceforth)

Les frontières entre naturel et culturel ne sont désormais plus définies.
(désormais)

Nikki Haley's withdrawal
- the withdrawal (not "le retrait")
(to withdraw, to step down)

le désistement de Nikki Haley
- le désistement
(se désister)

It was popular, my column on Saturday left no one indifferent.

C’était couru, ma chronique de samedi n’a laissé personne indifférent.

Frankly, it was a foregone conclusion.

Franchement, c'était couru d'avance.

The Pakistanis have their backs against the wall.

Les Pakistanais sont acculés au pied du mur.

He's painted himself into a corner.

Il s'est acculé au pied du mur.

to drive sb into bankruptcy

acculer qn à la faillite

The parapet prevents people from falling off the roof.
- the parapet, the guard rail

Le garde-fou empêche les gens de tomber du toit.
- le garde-fou (2)

the safeguards against child pornography on the site
- the safeguard (the parapet, the guard rail)

les garde-fous contre la pornographie juvénile sur le site
- le garde-fou

What do you mean by that?
- to mean (to hear, to understand)

Qu’est-ce que tu entends par là?
- entendre

They intend to defend their new mechanism.
Hint: not "Ils comptent"
- to intend (to mean, to hear, to understand)

Ils entendent défendre leur nouveau mécanisme.
- entendre

a stable (not "une étable")

une écurie

The necklace he stole looks like a cheap souvenir.
- junk, cheap (adj)
- the junk

Le collier qu'il a volé ressemble à un souvenir de pacotille.
- de pacotille ('y' sound)
- la pacotille

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