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I'll look like a big IV pole next to the others.
- m/ the IV pole

Je vais avoir l'air d'un gros poteau de soluté à côté des autres.
- le poteau de soluté

because Jenny got tangled up in her legs
- to get tangled up

parce que Jenny s'est enfargée dans ses jambes
- s'enfarger

I have as much energy as a slug in depression.
- the slug

J'ai autant d'énergie qu'une limace en dépression.
- la limace

the elbow

le coude

She doesn't seem to be the type to blab/spill the beans.

Elle ne semble pas être le genre à vendre la mèche.

the broom
to sweep
the sweeper

le balai
balayer
le balayeur
(pronounced "ba-leh")

head pressed deep into the sand
- pressed
- to drive in

la tête bien enfoncée dans le sable
- enfoncé(e)
- enfoncer

m/Whose side are you on?
alt: Which
- the side, the edge

T'es de quel bord, toi?
- le bord

My new salary should replenish my bank account.
- to replenish, to bail-out
- the replenishment, the bail-out

Mon nouveau salaire devrait renflouer mon compte bancaire.
- renflouer (2)
- le renflouement (2)

a slew of factors

une kyrielle de facteurs

It's been a week now that my sister bawls every night.
- to bawl, to holler (QC)
- the bawling

Ça fait une semaine que ma soeur braille à chaque soir.
- brailler (2) (QC: old French)
- le braillage th/colloquial

You're dancing all stuck.

Tu danses tout pogné. (QC)

(context: giving instructions on the dance floor)
m/ Squeeze a little bit more over there.
- to pack

Tasse-toi un petit plus par là.
- tasser

I'm freaking out. I just got accepted.
- to freak out (in a good way)

Je capote. Je viens d'être accepté.
- capoter (QC)

As soon as Julie is subjected to a little bit of pressure, she starts to freak out.
lit: sets herself to freak out
- to freak out (in a bad way)

Dès que Julie est soumise à un peu de pression, elle se met à capoter.
- capoter (QC)

a compelling/convincing argument

un argument probant (2)

It's to the point where it's the prime minister who alone decides.
hint: not "c'est au point"

C'est rendu que c'est le premier ministre qui décide seul.

the icecap
- the cap

la calotte glaciaire
- la calotte

the toad

le crapaud

We're going to start with a bit of foundation.
- the base (the bottom, the background)
- the skin tone

On va commencer par un peu de fond de teint.
- le fond
- le teint

You look like a poodle who got an electric shock.
lit: have a look
- the poodle
- to receive (QC)

T'as un look de caniche qui a pogné un choc électrique.
- le caniche
- pogner (QC)

My fingers are tingling.
- to tingle

Les doigts me picotent.
- picoter

if your marriage is in trouble
- to be in trouble, to flounder

si ton couple bat de l'aile
- battre de l'aile

bad luck is plaguing/going after Haiti
- to plague, to go at fiercely

le mauvais sort s'acharne sur Haïti
- s'acharner sur (2)

The government is completely adrift when it comes to the pandemic.
- the drift
- to drift (to derive)

Le gouvernement est carrément à la dérive en ce qui concerne la pandémie.
- la dérive
- dériver

He prides himself on always being at the forefront.

Il se targue d'être toujours à l'avant garde.

the walkabout

le bain de foule

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