"The old lady liked to wear bright and colourful clothes. - bright", "La vieille dame aimait porter des habits vifs et colorés. - vif/vive" "The selling price of livestock depends on its live weight. - live (bright)", "Le prix de vente du bétail dépend de son poids vif. - vif/vive" "The worst case is that people return to work furious. - furious (QC) (2) (not "en furie" "furieux")", "La pire des affaires c'est que les gens retournent au travail en beau joual vert. - en beau joual vert (plus poli que: "en tabarnak") (QC)" "A cloudy sky diffuses sunlight. - to diffuse i.e., to cause to spread - diffuse i.e., spread out", "Un ciel ennuagé diffuse la lumière du soleil. - diffuser (trans) - diffus(e)" "The prime minister's speech was broadcast nationwide. - to broadcast (to diffuse)", "Le discours du premier ministre a été diffusé dans tous le pays. - diffuser" "the depression i.e., low spirits (not "la dépression")", "la déprime" "Her expertise makes her a sought-after speaker in the field. - the speaker (not "(le) orateur (la) oratrice") - sought-after, popular", "Son expertise en fait une conférencière prisée dans le domaine. - le conférencier, la conférencière - prisé(e) (2)" "I didn't see any reason for refusal. - the motive, the reason", "Je ne voyais aucun motif de refus. - le motif (2)" "I felt relief mixed with spite. - the spite", "J'ai ressenti un soulagement mêlé de dépit. - le dépit" "Those hostilities caused numerous casualties on both sides. - on both sides (not "des deux côtés")", "Ces hostilités ont causé de nombreuses victimes de part et d'autre. - de part et d'autre (heard: the 't' of "part" en liason avec "et")" "You'll never come close to matching him. lit: you'll never come up to his ankle", "Tu lui arriveras jamais à la cheville." "The reporters were kept away from the building's interior. - to keep away (to rule out)", "Les journalistes ont été écartés de l'intérieur du bâtiment. - écarter" "I was dumbfounded and remained without any reaction. - dumbfounded (not "medusé") - to dumbfound", "J'étais abasourdi et restais sans réaction. - abasourdi(e) - abasourdir" "the blade of the hockey stick (QC)", "la palette du batôn de hockey" "two, three million, if not more - if not, even", "deux, trois millions, voire plus - voire (2)" "A bridge links the island to the mainland. - to link - the mainland (the continent)", "Un pont relie l'île au continent. - relier - le continent" "Some people relate money to happiness. - to relate (to link)", "Certaines personnes relient l'argent au bonheur. - relier" "to put lipstick on a pig - the lipstick", "mettre du rouge à lèvres sur un cochon - le rouge à lèvres" "the torpedo", "la torpille" "Don't stay up too late, it wears out your eyes. - to stay up (to keep watch) - to wear out", "Ne veille pas trop tard, cela use les yeux. - veiller - user" "Oh, shut up, you have no shame. - to keep quiet (to hold back)", "Oh, tais toi, tu n'as pas honte. - se taire (taire: trans)" "(context: a school class) With such a heterogeneous group, slippages are guaranteed. - heterogeneous (not "hétérogène"), motley - the slippage, the skid", "(le contexte: une classe d'école) Avec un groupe aussi hétéroclite, les dérapages sont assurés. - hétéroclite - le derapage (2)" "the speech therapist", "(le) orthophoniste" "Those who are struggling do not get the support wanted. - to struggle (th/when preceded by "en") (to pull, to rip off, to rip out, to wrest)", "Ceux qui en arrachent n’obtiennent pas le soutien voulu. - en arracher (arracher)" "We're getting to that time of year. - the epoch, the period, the time", "On arrive à cette époque de l'année. - (la) époque" "The bill is being patched up over time. - to patch up - the patching up", "Le projet de loi est en train de se faire rafistoler à mesure. - rafistoler (trans) - le rafistolage" "I had the choice of resigning or shutting up. alt: standing down - to shut up (not "se taire"), to stand down (not "se retirer")", "J’avais le choix entre démissionner et prendre mon trou. (QC) - prendre son trou (2) (QC)" "to prepare sketches - the sketch", "préparer des croquis - le croquis" "to hitchike (QC) (FR)", "faire du pouce (QC), faire de l'auto-stop (FR)" "a QC expression for: to take someone else's idea, extend it, even appropriate it - to appropriate, e.g., to appropriate the idea - to adapt", "faire du pouce (sur): reprendre l’idée de quelqu’un d’autre, la prolonger, voire se l’approprier - s'approprier, p.e., s'approprier l'idée - approprier (trans)"
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