French-English translations for pétrin

hot waterBoth students are in hot water from fighting.The governments new proposal has landed them in hot water.
jam
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A traffic jam caused us to miss the games first period.a jam of logs in a riverWe came up with some new ideas at the game jam.

kneading machine
kneading trough
kneading-trough
mess
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What a fine mess you have got us into. Vous nous avez mis dans un beau pétrin. The EU has become embroiled in this mess. L'UE s'est embourbée dans ce pétrin. Mr Bonde, we are not proposing to get you out of the mess in which you have buried yourself. Monsieur Bonde, notre proposition n’a pas pour but de vous sortir du pétrin dans lequel vous vous êtes mis.
scrape
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She scraped her fingernails across the blackboard, making a shrill sound.She scraped the blackboard with her fingernails.Her fingernails scraped across the blackboard.
soup
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Pho is a traditional Vietnamese soup.primordial soup

tight corner
trouble
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The industry is already in serious trouble. These environmental and other standard restrictions make cars more expensive. L'industrie est déjà dans un sérieux pétrin et ces restrictions environnementales et autres normes rendent les véhicules encore plus chers.He was in trouble when the rain startedThe trouble was a leaking brake line. The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion. The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction

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