discutable (adj)
questionable
une modalité
pathway
manner in which…
l’épopée (f)
saga
epic
parlementer
to negotiate
Peine perdue
wasted effort
un/une insurgé
person in revolt
insurgent
se passer de
dispense with
do without
étriller
to scrape
scour
étriper
gut
disembowel
la prêle
horsetail plant
la poussée
thrust
la traînée
drag
la portance
lift
de surcroît
moreover
supposé (adj)
supposedly
foireux (adj)
failed
unsuccessful
weakened
bigrement (colloq & dated)
extremely
la voltige
trick riding
acrobatics
l’embrasement
blaze
bright illumination
manier
to manipulate
handle
utilize
justement
precisely
esquiver
to duck
avoid
à demi-mot
implicitly
without having to spell things out