English

Expressions

In my defense it was dark	Pour ma défense il faisait noir.
Don't get your knickers in a twist/knot	~ Calm down, ne fait pas de noeuds dans tes sous-vêtements
spritzing the SKUNK with eau de cologne.
hanging garlands from the corpses' ears
People go to the site looking for things → Things people go to the site looking for
X is 99 times more than Y, but it is 100 times that of Y.
As opposed to smthg	Au contraire de qch, au lieu de qch
By my count, you have...	D'après mes calculs, vous avez...

Don't say but say...

Some examples on how to say things simply and clearly

Don't say ...	... but say ...
there is still a correlation check to make sure that the OBE indeed reported that it was at the same location as the enforcement equipment and at the same time as reported by the equipment	there is also a specific check of location given by OBE against location of enforcement equipment
My coin has fallen	My penny dropped

Grammar

• Not to or to not ?

The default construction is not to + INF (like in I decided not to go). However the split infinitive construction to not + INF seems to be allowed as well (like in I decided to not go). Note that I decided not to go is not the same as I did not decide to go!