"At the stroke of midnight, I kissed my boyfriend.<br /> - (the blow, the coup, the hit, the move, the shot) the stroke<br /> - to embrace, to kiss", "Sur le coup de minuit, j'ai embrassé mon copain.<br /> - le coup<br /> - embrasser (2)" "tensions behind the scenes to birth the new transport agency<br /> - the tensions (not "les tensions")", "des tiraillements en coulisse pour accoucher la nouvelle agence de transport<br /> - les tiraillements" "the powder keg", "le baril de poudre" "The summer heat quickly softened the butter.<br /> - to soften<br /> - the softening", "La chaleur estivale a rapidement ramolli le beurre.<br /> - ramollir ('l' sound)<br /> - le ramollissement" "It weakens a bit his arguments.<br /> - to weaken (not "débiliter" "ébranler": to shake, to weaken) (to soften)", "Ça ramollit un peu ses arguments.<br /> - ramollir" "the mouth wash<br /> - to rinse", "le rince-bouche<br /> - rincer (trans)" "with enough force to dislocate the femur from the tibia<br /> to dislocate one’s shoulder<br /> - to dislocate<br /> - the dislocation", "avec assez de force pour disloquer le fémur du tibia<br /> se disloquer l’épaule<br /> - (se) disloquer<br /> - la dislocation" "to break away from the consensus<br /> - to break away (to dislocate)", "se disloquer du consensus<br /> - se disloquer" "The cleanliness of the hotel room was impeccable.<br /> - the cleanliness<br /> (clean)", "La propreté de la chambre d'hôtel était impeccable.<br /> - la propreté<br /> (propre)" "to bypass the rules<br /> - to bypass", "contourner les règles<br /> - contourner" "the negotiations are stumbling<br /> - to stumble (not "trébucher")", "les négociations achoppent<br /> - achopper (intrans)" "the stumbling block<br /> the sticking point", "la pierre d'achoppement<br /> le point d'achoppement" "fiteen strike days which can be partitioned<br /> - decomposable i.e., can be partitioned", "quinze jours de grève décomposables<br /> - décomposable" "the gangrene<br /> to turn gangrenous", "la gangrène<br /> se gangrener" "The Congo is stuck in a crisis that seems interminable.<br /> Hint: not "le Congo s'enlise"<br /> - stuck, mired", "Le Congo est englué dans une crise qui paraît interminable.<br /> - englué(e)" "inaudible", "inaudible (pronounced like the preposition "au")" "but these organizations do not operate in a vacuum<br /> lit: in the void<br /> - to operate (not "opérer") (to act)<br /> - the void (not "le vide")", "mais ces organisations n'agissent pas dans le néant<br /> - agir<br /> - le néant" "The boundaries between natural and cultural are no longer defined.<br /> lit: are not from now on<br /> (from now on, henceforth)", "Les frontières entre naturel et culturel ne sont désormais plus définies.<br /> (désormais)" "Nikki Haley's withdrawal<br /> - the withdrawal (not "le retrait")<br /> (to withdraw, to step down)", "le désistement de Nikki Haley<br /> - le désistement<br /> (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.<br /> - the parapet, the guard rail", "Le garde-fou empêche les gens de tomber du toit.<br /> - le garde-fou (2)" "the safeguards against child pornography on the site<br /> - the safeguard (the parapet, the guard rail)", "les garde-fous contre la pornographie juvénile sur le site<br /> - le garde-fou" "What do you mean by that?<br /> - to mean (to hear, to understand)", "Qu’est-ce que tu entends par là?<br /> - entendre" "They intend to defend their new mechanism.<br /> Hint: not "Ils comptent"<br /> - to intend (to mean, to hear, to understand)", "Ils entendent défendre leur nouveau mécanisme.<br /> - entendre" "a stable (not "une étable")", "une écurie" "The necklace he stole looks like a cheap souvenir.<br /> - junk, cheap (adj)<br /> - the junk", "Le collier qu'il a volé ressemble à un souvenir de pacotille.<br /> - de pacotille ('y' sound)<br /> - la pacotille"
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