French-English translations for lest

ballast
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I would say that the danger is that the ship will capsize as a result of a lack of ballast. Je dirais que le danger est plutôt que le bateau se renverse par manque de lest. The principle of solidarity must not be treated as if it were a ballast to be jettisoned at any time. Le principe de solidarité ne doit pas être traité comme du lest qu’il faut jeter à un moment donné. Liberals and Democrats share your realism, but we hope it comes with a ballast of ambition and vision. Les libéraux et les démocrates partagent votre réalisme, mais nous espérons qu’il est lesté d’ambition et de vision.
jetsamThere she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.

jettison
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The principle of solidarity must not be treated as if it were a ballast to be jettisoned at any time. Le principe de solidarité ne doit pas être traité comme du lest qu’il faut jeter à un moment donné. The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hillThe jettisoning of fuel tanks
weight
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Hes working out with weightsthe weight of care or businessHe was pushing weight.