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valoir le détour

to be well worth a visit / worth the detour (often used ironically)

insipide

bland

à deux sous

two-bit

sanguinolent

bloody

les cellules grises

gray matter / brain cells (intellect

pourvoir un poste

to fill a job vacancy / position

la candidature

job application / candidacy

la démission

resignation (quitting a job)

le licenciement / licencier

redundancy

recevoir en entretien

to interview (a candidate) / host for an interview

une antenne

a local branch / subsidiary office

valider une loi / mesure

to approve / uphold / validate a law or measure

censurer un article

to strike down / invalidate / rule unconstitutional (in legal context)

la surpension

supplementary pension / pension bonus

la métropole

mainland France (as opposed to overseas territories)

l'Outre-Mer

overseas territories / departments

la quasi-totalité

almost all / virtually the entirety

trancher

to decide definitively / settle (a dispute or controversy)

faire cavalier seul

to act alone / go it alone independently

être dans la tourmente

to be in turmoil / facing a severe crisis

les fonds propres

equity / shareholders' capital / own funds

hâter

to hasten / speed up / accelerate

la filiale

subsidiary (company)

vives tensions

sharp / acute / severe tensions

un relais de croissance

growth engine / new driver of growth (business/finance)

exsangue

"bloodless; completely drained

miser sur

to bet on / bank on / place one's hopes on

l'ouverture à la concurrence

opening up to market competition / deregulation

la concurrence déloyale

unfair competition

une crue

a flood / river swelling / rise in water level

déborder

to overflow / run over (a river banks)

les quais (m. pl.)

riverbanks / quays / docks / embankments

le stationnement

parking (of vehicles)

se garer

to park (a vehicle)

jusqu'à nouvel ordre

until further notice

un spectacle gadget

a gimmick / gimmicky show

se dépêcher de faire qc

to hurry to do sth / be quick to do sth

une indigence rare

a rare poverty / utter lack of quality (intellectual/artistic void)

avoir comme à plaisir de faire qc

to seem to take delight in doing sth

un contre-pied

an unexpected turn / doing the exact opposite of what is expected

stérile

sterile / fruitless / pointless

mitigé(e)

mixed / nuanced / half-hearted (review or opinion)

trancher

to settle / decide definitively

se faire rare

to become scarce / become hard to find

la caserne

fire station / barracks

une astreinte

on-call duty / standby duty

une garde

a shift / watch / duty period

les effectifs (m. pl.)

staff / workforce / troop strength

compléter les effectifs

to reach full staffing / recruit enough personnel

la crise des vocations

crisis of calling / shortage of people entering a profession

les dispositions fiscales (f. pl.)

tax provisions / tax measures

freiner

to slow down / curb / put the brakes on

entrer en scène

to enter the stage / come into play

un débouché

an outlet / market opportunity / career opening

les droits dérivés (m. pl.)

ancillary rights / subsidiary rights (licensing

éprouvé(e)

time-tested / proven / well-established

tout reste à faire

everything still remains to be done / it's in its infancy

romanesque

romantic / novelistic / related to fiction/novels