"all the personnel who are hard at work", "tout le personnel qui sont à pied d'oeuvre" "you barge in here with your heavy-handed approach<br /> - the clog, the hoof", "vous débarquez ici avec vos gros sabots<br /> - le sabot (2)" "the deafness<br /> (deaf)", "la surdité<br /> (sourd(e))" "a double-edged sword<br /> lit: a double-edged knife<br /> - the edge, the sharpness<br /> (brusque, sharp)", "un couteau à double tranchant<br /> - le tranchant (2)<br /> (tranchant)" "a game of chicken", "un jeu de la poule mouillée" "m/to get out the big stick (in a dispute)<br /> - the club<br /> (the sledgehammer, the club)", "sortir le gourdin<br /> - le gourdin<br /> (la massue)" "the bishop<br /> the bishopric", "(le) évêque<br /> (le) évêché" "the minister was under the gril (i.e., was being grilled)<br /> - the grill<br /> - to grill", "la ministre était sous le gril<br /> - le gril<br /> - griller ('y' sound)" "the whiner<br /> to whine", "le pleurnicheur<br /> pleurnicher" "a clash between the two candidates<br /> - the clash (the minor (car) accident)", "un accrochage entre les deux candidates<br /> - (le) accrochage" "the relic", "le reliquat<br /> (PRR1 as in "cheval")" "But this time the usual rout does not occur.<br /> - the rout", "Mais, cette fois, la débandade habituelle ne se produit pas.<br /> - la débandade" "I use a spinning wheel to spin wool.<br /> - the spinning wheel<br /> - to spin (to give)", "J'utilise un rouet pour filer de la laine.<br /> - le rouet<br /> - filer" "I had to leave in a hurry.<br /> - to leave (to spin, to give)", "J'ai dû filer en vitesse.<br /> - filer" "time flies", "le temps file" "The clock is ticking: you must send us your ideas by March 25.", "Le temps file: vous devez nous faire parvenir vos idées d'ici le 25 mars." "an all-out offensive", "une offensive tous azimuts" "Leave me alone!<br /> - to give", "Fiche-moi la paix!<br /> - ficher" "to chuck sb out", "ficher qn à la porte" "Clear off!", "Fiche(-moi) le camp!" "on a war footing", "sur le pied de guerre" "to strengthen the financial sector<br /> - to strengthen (not "renforcer")", "raffermir le secteur financier<br /> - raffermir" "a cream to firm up the skin around my eyes<br /> - to firm up (to strengthen)", "une crème pour raffermir la peau autour de mes yeux<br /> - raffermir" "The mutiny was doomed to failure from the start.", "La mutinerie était voués à l'échec dès le commencement." "a building that was gutted by the explosion<br /> - gutted, disemboweled", "un immeuble qui était éventré par l'explosion<br /> - éventré (2)" "the propensity", "la propension" "a screwed up cousin", "une cousine paumée" "the scaffold<br /> to devise a plan<br /> - to construct, to devise", "(le) échafaudage<br /> échafauder un plan<br /> - échafauder" "and who makes of it a livelihood", "et qui en fait un gagne-pain" "the apathy<br /> apathetic", "(la) apathie<br /> apathique"
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