 | French | English  | |
 | beaucoup trop {adv} | excessively [after verb] | |
| posthume {adj} [né après la mort du père] | fatherless [also posthumous: born after the death of one's father] | |
| Verbs |
| dr. réhabiliter qn. [rétablir l'honneur] | to acquit sb. [after being wrongly convicted] | |
| refaire surface [personne] | to reappear [after absence] | |
| Nouns |
| constatation {f} | 3 finding [after investigation] | |
| retombée {f} [descente après s'être élevé] | comedown [mental deflation after a period of excitement] | |
| pol. sociol. déplacé {m} forcé [de sa patrie] | expellee [e.g. ethnic and native Germans expelled from other countries after WW II] | |
| pol. sociol. déplacée {f} forcée [de sa patrie] | expellee [female] [e.g. ethnic and native Germans expelled from other countries after WW II] | |
| arch. arts musée {m} du Louvre [inauguré 1793 « Muséum central des arts de la République dans le palais du Louvre »] | Louvre [also: Louvre Museum] [collection greatly expanded under Napoleon who confiscated many European works, e.g. after Treaty of Tolentino (1797)] | |
| moût {m} (de raisin) | rape [refuse left after wine-making] | |
| constatation {f} [rapport d'enquête] | report [after investigation] | |
| répercussions {f.pl} | reverberations [repercussions, after-effects] | |
| comm. service {m} client | service [after sales] | |
| comm. service {m} clientèle | service [after sales] | |
| rétrécissement {m} [p.e. vêtements après le lavage] | shrinkage [e.g., clothes after washing] | |
| cuis. sociol. repas {m} d'enterrement | wake [held after the funeral] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| après le travail {adv} | after hours [after work] | |
| À tes souhaits ! [fam.] | Bless you! [after sneezing] | |
| À vos souhaits ! | Bless you! [after sneezing] [formal or plural] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| reprendre connaissance | to come round [after a faint] | |
| reprendre connaissance | to come to [after a faint] | |
| éduc. coller qn. [fam.] [élève] | to keep sb. in [after school hours] | |
| sociol. exposer qn./qc. [défunt, cercueil] | to lay sb./sth. out [after death] | |
| se redresser | to stand up [straighten after stooping] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| géogr. hist. pol. Nouvelle-Irlande {f} | New Ireland [Crown colony of Great Britain twice established in modern-day Maine after British forces captured the area during the American Revolutionary Wars] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Commune {f} de Paris [1871] | Paris Commune [1871] [after the Franco-Prussion War, soldiers of the National Guard seized control of the city and attempted to establish an independent government] | |
| cuis. mignardise {f} [souvent : mignardises] | petit four [small sweet biscuit or cake, served after dinner or with coffee] | |
| cuis. mignardises {f.pl} [pâtisserie] | petit four [small sweet biscuit or cake, served after dinner or with coffee] | |
| cuis. veau {m} Marengo | veal stew [allegedly first made for Napoleon after winning Battle of Marengo] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| à la file {adv} | in a row [one after another] | |
| à l'enfilade {adv} | in a row [one after the other] | |
| dès son retour {adv} | on his return [after his return] | |
| cuis. Il y a du rab. [fam.] [part supplémentaire de nourriture ou de boisson] | There are leftovers. [food and drink remaining after a meal] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Jaffa [1192] | Battle of Jaffa [1192] [final battle of the Third Crusade, after which Saladin and King Richard I of England were able to negotiate a truce, though Saladin retained possession of Jerusalem] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Poitiers [1356] | Battle of Poitiers [in 1356 was the 2nd major success, after Crécy, by England under Edward, the Black Prince, against France, under King John II, in the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. pol. congrès {m} d'Erfurt [1808] [aussi : entrevue d'Erfurt] | Congress of Erfurt [1808] [after Tilsit (1807) the final meeting between Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia] | |
| éduc. baccalauréat {m} | high-school diploma [Am.] [after 12 years at school] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Presbourg [1805] | Peace of Pressburg [1805] [also: Treaty of Pressburg] [signed by Napoleon (France) and Francis II (Austria) after Austrian defeats at Ulm & Austerlitz] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. sac {m} de Liège [1468] | sacking of Liège [in 1468, after an uprising, the Duke of Burgundy ordered the town to be razed to the ground and a quarter of the inhabitants were killed.] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Calais [1346-7] | siege of Calais [part of 100 Years' War. After victory at Crécy, King Edward III of England successfully besieged Calais which remained in English hands until 1558] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. traité {m} de Bucarest [1913] | Treaty of Bucharest [1913] [fixed the borders after the 2nd Balkan War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1763] | Treaty of Paris [1763] [between kingdoms of Great Britain, France, Spain, & Portugal, after Great Britain and Prussia's victory over France and Spain in the Seven Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1815] | Treaty of Paris [1815] [also: Second Treaty of Paris] [ after the defeat and the second abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Picquigny [1475] | Treaty of Picquigny [1 year after the Treaty of London, England & France signed a peace treaty (7-year truce) in 1475 which left France to deal alone with the threat from Duke of Burgundy] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Schönbrunn [1809] [aussi : traité de Vienne] | Treaty of Schönbrunn [1809] [also: Peace of Schönbrunn or Treaty of Vienna] [after France's victory at Wagram, signed between France and Austria, ending the 5th Coalition] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Troyes [1420] | Treaty of Troyes [in 1420, after victory at Agincourt, Henry V of England signed the Treaty with the wife of the demential Charles VI of France, confirming Henry as King of England AND France] | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| indémêlable {adj} [après subst.] | that cannot be untangled [after noun] | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} d'Aboukir [1798] | Battle of the Nile [1798] [also: Battle of Aboukir Bay] [decisive naval battle - after Napoleon landed his army, Nelson destroyed the French fleet, trapping the French army in Egypt] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. Confédération {f} du Rhin [1806-1813] [aussi : États confédérés du Rhin] | Confederation of the Rhine [1806-1813] [formal: Confederated States of the Rhine] [German client states established after Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. grand-duché {m} de Berg [1806-1813] [aussi : grand-duché de Clèves et de Berg] | Grand Duchy of Berg [1806-1813] [also: Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves] [satellite state created by Napoleon after victory at Austerlitz for Marshal Murat (his brother-in-law)] | |
| hist. pol. Jean {m} II le Bon [1319-1364] | John II the Good [1319-1364] [King of France 1350-1364 but spent much time in captivity in London after defeat at Battle of Poitiers in 1356] | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| Un sou est un sou. [loc.] | Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. [idiom] | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| trafic se rabattre à droite | to return to the right-hand lane [after overtaking] | |
| trafic se rabattre sur la voie de droite | to return to the right-hand lane [after overtaking] | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| dr. méd. déconfinement {m} | ending of restrictions on movement [e.g. after epidemic] | |
