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after a spat

au terme d'une prise de bec

the herd immunity
- gregarious

(la) l'immunité grégaire
- grégaire

We can't wait for tomorrow. Focus on tomorrow.

Vivement demain. (2)

They realized that they were deceived.
- to trick

Ils se sont rendu compte qu'ils ont été leurrés.
- leurrer

leaving in his wake
- the wake

laissant sur son sillage
- le sillage

The same story with the hospital orderlies.

Même son de cloche chez les préposés aux bénéficiaires.

Some tourists flout the rules.
- to flout, to thumb your nose at

Des touristes font fi des règles.
- faire fi de

the big toe

le gros orteil

the dilapidated hospital

l'hôpital vétuste

It's like putting a band aid on a wound.

C'est comme si on mettait un pansement sur une blessure.

The dial of my watch glows in the dark.
- the dial

La cadran de ma montre brille dans le noir.
- le cadran (pronounced ka-dron)

Businesses that have storefronts.
also: bricks and mortar, well-established

Les commerces qui ont pignon sur rue.

A hasty decision?
- hasty, early

Une décision hâtive?
- hâtif(ve) (2)

in the hot seat, in the spotlight

sur la sellette

the inconvenience (2)

le désagrément, l'inconvénient (masc)

They will see their salary improved as part of the agreement.
- as part of, as a result of
- the stride

Ils verront leur salaire bonifié dans la foulée de l'entente.
- dans la foulée de
- la foulée

Pollution has picked up again in China.
-to pick up, to resume

La pollution a repris de plus belle en Chine.
- reprendre (2)

Comments that come against the backdrop of criticism from the American president.
- to intervene, to occur
- the background, the bottom

Des propos qui interviennent sur fond de critiques du président américain.
- intervenir (2)
- le fond (2)

one of the trendy districts of Seoul

l'un des quartiers branchés de Séoul

apart from the case in Wuhan

hormis le cas de Wuhan

The government is cancelling, spreading out or delaying spending.
- to spread out (to display)

Le gouvernement annule, étale ou reporte les dépenses.
- étaler

Consumers face denials of travel and flight reimbursements.
- to face, to dig in one's heels

Les consommeteurs se butent à des refus de remboursement de voyage et de vol.
- se buter (2)

This would allow to set in motion a process
- to set in motion

Cela permettrait de mettre en branle un processus
- mettre en branle

He could be the weak link.
- the link

Il pourrait être le maillon faible.
- le maillon

It is time-consuming investigative work.
lit: it is about
- time-consuming

Il s'agit d'un travail d'enquête de longue haleine.
- de longue haleine

better to confine oneself in the country than to live in the asphalt
- the asphalt, the bitumen

mieux vaut se confiner dans la campagne que de demeurer dans le bitume
- le bitume (2)

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