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We will see if the Quebec-Canada tensions will subside.
- to subside (not "se résorber")

On va voir si les tensions Québec-Canada vont s'estomper.
- s'estomper

The pain over the breakup will fade.
- to fade (to subside)

La peine de la rupture va s'estomper.
- s'estomper

Each deputy represents his constituents.
alt: his principals

Chaque député représente ses commettants.

the footnote

la note de bas de page

President Bush is hoping to ingratiate himself with Cuban exiles..
- to ingratiate oneself
- the clientilism, as in: the attempt to ingratiate oneself or th/pandering

Le Président Bush cherche à s'attirer les bonnes grâces des exilés cubains.
- s'attirer les bonnes grâces
- le clientélisme

The awakening of nature in spring is a beautiful sight.
- the awakening (not "le réveil")
- to awaken (not "réveiller")

L'éveil de la nature au printemps est un beau spectacle.
- (le) éveil
- éveiller

the breakdown of the price of a liter of gasoline
- the ventilation, the breakdown (not "la découpe")

la ventilation de prix de litre d'essence
- la ventilation (2)

It's square.
alt: old-fashioned (not "veillot")

C'est ringard.

He claims he's trying to get clean.
- to wean oneself, to get clean

Il prétend essayer de se sevrer.
- se sevrer (de) (2)
(prétendre)

The foliage on this tree was very sparse and was beginning to wither.
- the foliage
- sparse (scattered)
- to wither

Le feuillage de cet arbre était très épars et commençait à s'étioler.
- le feuillage
- épars(e)
- s´étioler

everyone must manage their own fern
i.e., manage their our own affairs (QC, not common)
- the fern

chacun doit gérer sa fougère
- la fougère

It will be more pleasant to take another path.
- pleasant (not "agréable")

Il sera plus avenant de prendre une autre voie.
- avenant(e)

the fact that he said it so bluntly
- bluntly

le fait qu'il l'a dit si crûment
- crûment

one of the great lyricists
- the lyricist

un des grands paroliers
- le parolier

a two-headed leadership

une direction bicéphale

as the party is broke
- broke
(to mow, to mow down)

comme le parti est fauché
- fauché
(faucher)

An annual renewal of the contract is possible.
- the renewal (not "le renouvellement"), the continuation (not "la continuation")
(to renew, to continue)

Une reconduction annuelle du contrat est possible.
- la reconduction (2)
(reconduire)

to ensure the continue existence of the French language
Hint: not "pérenniser"
- the continuity existence

assurer la pérennité de la langue française
- la pérennité

This phenomenon obviously raises the question of sustainability of returns.
- the sustainability (the continued existence)

Ce phénomène soulève bien évidemment la question de la pérennité des retours.
- la pérennité

A leader who will do everything to succeed at the expense of others.
- the costs

Un leader qui va tout faire pour réussir aux dépens des autres.
- les dépens (mpl)

What does it leave as arrows in the quiver?
- the quiver

Il reste quoi comme flèches dans le carquois.
- le carquois

to dot the 'i's and cross the 't's

mettre les points sur les 'i' et les barres sur les 't'

to simplify the party structure
- to simplify (not "simplifier"), to lighten
- the simplification, the lightening

alléger la structure du parti
- alléger (2)
- (le) allègement (2)

I took some medicine to relieve my back pain.
- to relieve (to simplify, to lighten)
- the relief (the simplification, the lightening)

J'ai pris des médicaments pour alléger mon mal de dos.
- alléger
- (le) allègement

It leaned instead on the mosques to assert its authority.
- to assert, to establish (not "établir")

Il s'est au contraire appuyée sur les mosquées pour asseoir son autorité.
- asseoir (trans) (2)

the ultra-processed foods

les aliments ultra transformés

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