You're not going to meet him anytime soon.
- anytime soon
Tu ne vas pas le rencontrer de sitôt.
- de sitôt
the hat trick
le tour du chapeau
He tried to redeem himself.
- to redeem oneself
- to redeem, to buy back
Il a essayé de se racheter.
- se racheter
- racheter
The éminence grise of Quebec hockey bows out.
- to bow out
- to bow
- the reverence, the bow
L'éminence grise du hockey québecois tire sa révérence.
- tirer sa révérence
- faire une révérence
- la révérence (2)
to knock on doors
cogner les portes
He said he was confident in the success of the mission.
- he said he was
- he says he is, he says to himself
Il s'est dit confiant dans le succès de la mission.
- il s'est dit
- il se dit (2)
If I were you, I would be wary of him.
- to be wary of
Si j'étais toi, je me méfierais de lui.
- se méfier de
Terrorism has taken the life of thousands of our fellow citizens.
- to mow, to mow down
Le terrorisme a fauché la vie de milliers de nos concitoyens.
- faucher
the cycle of violence
hint: not "le cycle"
- the cycle (the gear)
l'engrenage de la violence
- (le) engrenage
I have other options.
I don't care about the other options.
J'ai d'autres options.
Je me fiche des autres options.
Kwiziq: to express "other things" use either
1) "d'autres" - non-specific things
2) "des autres" - specific things
You will never use "autres" on its own.
The group also has to its credit other well-known productions.
Le groupe a aussi à son actif d'autres productions connues.
to put under restraint
- the restraint
mettre sous contention
- la contention
Canada is also one of the world's countries which receives, proportionately speaking, the most immigrants.
Le Canada est aussi un des pays du monde qui acceuille, toute proportion gardée, le plus d'immigrants.
the bank
the shore
the bank, the shore
la berge
le rivage
la rive
It's the clients resistant to health measures who are to blame.
- resistant to (not "résistant à")
Ce sont les clients réfractaires aux mesures sanitaires qui sont à blâmer.
- réfractaire à
The mayor had sharply criticized him.
- sharply
Le maire l'avait vertement critiqué.
- vertement
He does not take good care of his businesses.
He does not care about his businesses.
Il ne prend pas bien soin de ses commerces.
Il ne tient pas à ses commerces.
(le commerce)
the combination, the jumpsuit (e.g., to do forensics)
la combinaison (2)
They scoured the Internet.
- to scour, to rake
Ils ont ratissé l'Internet.
- ratisser
to bark
the barking
aboyer
(le) aboiement
The obstacles did not undermine the team's confidence.
- to undermine
Les obstacles n'ont pas miné la confiance de l'équipe.
- miner
A senior lawyer supervises the work of the new recruits.
- senior, experienced
- the recruit
Un avocat chevronné supervise le travail des nouvelles recrues.
- chevronné ('e' as in "elle") (PRR2)
- la recrue
The green pass is a key for being able to enter stores.
- the sesame
La passe verte est un sésame pour pouvoir entrer aux magasins.
- le sésame
the vegetable products
les produits maraîchers
His/her car was in the vicinity.
Hint: not "était a proximité" or "était dans les environs"
Sa voiture était dans les parages.
If your investigation is so demanding, why aren't you with her?
- demanding, compelling
Si votre enquête est si prenante, pourquoi vous n'êtes pas avec elle?
- prenant(e) (2)