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the butterfly

le papillon

What happened such that the well-being of our children takes such a nosedive?
- to take a nosedive
(to sting)

Que s’est-il passé pour que le bien-être de nos enfants pique à ce point du nez?
- piquer du nez
(piquer)

the digital era which took off at the end of the 2000s
- to take off alt: to take flight
- the flight (not "le vol")

l’ère numérique qui a pris son envol à la fin des années 2000
- prendre son envol
- (le) envol

Because the undermining work had started before
- the undermining
(to sap, to undercut)

Car le travail de sape avait commencé avant
- le sape
(saper)

I applied for a managerial position.
- the position (not "la position")

J'ai postulé pour un poste de cadre.
- le poste

This is the second largest expense item.
lit: the second position of expense

C'est le deuxième poste de dépense.

The poll indicates that most voters are undecided.
- the voter

Le sondage indique que la plupart des électeurs sont indécis.
- (le) électeur

I like to go fishing on the pier with my father.
- the jetty, the pier

J'aime pêcher sur la jetée avec mon père.
- la jetée

The baker flattened the dough.
- to flatten

Le boulanger a aplati la pâte.
- aplatir

His health is declining.
- to decline (intrans) (to relent (intrans), to bend (trans))

Sa santé fléchit.
- fléchir

a case of a crime of opportunity
- the thief

l’occasion fait le larron
- le larron
(profiter d'une circonstance pour faire quelque chose à quoi on n’aurait pas pensé autrement)

speed up the counting during a general election
- the counting

accélérer le dépouillement lors d’une élection générale
- le dépouillement

the interview was a bit wobbly
- wobbly, shaky

(la)interview était un peu bancale
- bancal(e)

a government that has become very spendthrift
- spendthrift
- the spender

un gouvernement qui est devenu trés dépensier
- dépensier(ière)
- le dépensier

(the context: hungry schoolchildren)
the screaming belly has no ears

(le contexte: les écoliers qui ont faim)
le ventre qui crie n'a pas d'oreilles

an increasingly difficult relationship
- tough, difficult
(to get tougher)

une relation de plus en plus corsée
- corsé(e)
(se corser)

a full-bodied wine
- full-bodied (tough, difficult)

un vin corśe
- corsé(e)

The health services checked the cleanliness of the restaurant.
- the cleanliness (not "la propreté"), the health

Les services d'hygiène ont contrôlé la salubrité du restaurant.
- la salubrité (2)

The tiling in the bathroom is blue.
- the tiling
(the tile)

Le carrelage de la salle de bain est bleu.
- le carrelage
(la tuile, le carreau)

to inflect the verb
- to inflect

infléchir le verbe
- infléchir

to influence the development
- to influence (not "influencer") (to inflect)

infléchir le développement
- infléchir

the brother's face was tense
- tense (not "tendu")

le visage du frère était crispé
- crispé(e)

the tight smile

le sourire crispé

I will spare you the details.

Je vous faire grâce des détails.

a structural deficit vs a situational/short-term deficit

un déficit structurel vs un déficit conjoncturel

a cyclical slowdown
Hint: not "cyclique"

un ralentissement conjoncturel

squaring the circle (i.e., attempt to do the impossible)

la quadrature du cercle

They constitute a interesting scenario for metadata systems.
- a scenario alt: a use case

Ils constituent un cas de figure intéressant pour les systèmes de métadonnées.
- un cas de figure

the gum inflammation
- the gum

(la) inflammation des gencives
- la gencive

the rating companies, e.g., Moody's

les compagnies de notation

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