 | French | English  | |
 | audio insonorisé {adj} {past-p} | insulated [against noise] | |
| paradoxalement {adv} | ironically [against expectation] | |
| insonorisé {adj} | soundproof [sealed against noise] | |
| Verbs |
| sport punir qc. [infraction] | to penalise sth. [in soccer, an infraction against the rules] [Br.] | |
| jeux ponter | to punt [play against the bank] | |
| hydro. météo. renforcer qc. avec des sacs de sable | to sandbag sth. [against flooding] | |
| ombrer qc. | to shield sth. [against direct sunlight] | |
| léser qn. [désavantager] | to wrong sb. [discriminate against] | |
| Nouns |
| attentat {m} [contre un groupe, bâtiment] | 5 attack [against a group, building] | |
| lèse-majesté {f} | [offense against a sovereign; or, more generally, any slight or insult that wounds someone's dignity.] | |
| dr. contredit {m} | challenge [against a judgement] | |
| hist. pol. Praguerie {f} [1440] | Praguerie [a revolt of the French nobility against King Charles VII in 1440] | |
| entom. meub. moustiquaire {f} [placée aux fenêtres, etc.] | screen [against insects] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| naut. abandonner qn./qc. | to cast sb. ashore [against their will] | |
| lécher qc. [fig.] [mer, vagues] | to lap at sth. [fig.] [sea, waves: wash against] | |
| dr. contrevenir à qc. | to offend against sth. [e.g. against a rule] | |
| dr. faillir à qc. | to offend against sth. [e.g. against a rule] | |
| naut. abandonner qn./qc. | to put sb. ashore [against their will] | |
| dr. contrevenir à qc. | to sin against sth. [against principles, standards etc.] | |
| dr. faillir à qc. | to sin against sth. [against principles, standards etc.] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. révolte {f} de Bohême [1618 - 1620] | Bohemian Revolt [1618 - 1620] [uprising of the Bohemian estates against the rule of the Habsburgs that began the Thirty Years' War] | |
| écol. pol. grève {f} étudiante pour le climat [Fridays for future] | climate strike [civil action against global warming] | |
| comm. hist. pol. blocus {m} continental [1806-1814] [aussi : le Blocus] | Continental Blockade [1806-1814] [also: Continental System] [large-scale embargo against British trade - policy of Napoleon against the UK during the Napoleonic Wars] | |
| hist. mil. relig. huitième croisade {f} [1270] | Eighth Crusade [1270] [also: Crusade of Louis IX against Tunis or the Second Crusade of Louis] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Gaules [58 - 50 av. J.-C.] | Gallic Wars {pl} [58–50 BC] [waged by the Roman general Julius Caesar against the peoples of Gaul] | |
| dr. astuce {f} du neveu [escroquerie] | grandparent scam [fraud against older adults] | |
| dr. coup {m} du neveu [escroquerie] | grandparent scam [fraud against older adults] | |
| dr. UE recours {m} en manquement | infringement proceedings {pl} [EU Commission against a member state] | |
| hist. mil. pol. révolution {f} texane [1835 - 1836] | Texas Revolution [1835 - 1836] [rebellion of colonists from the US against the government of Mexico] | |
| armes hist. mil. marteau {m} d'armes | war hammer [for use by foot-soldiers against mounted men-at-arms] | |
| armes hist. mil. marteau {m} de guerre | war hammer [for use by foot-soldiers against mounted men-at-arms] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de la Moskova [1812] [aussi : bataille de la Moskowa ou bataille de Borodino] | Battle of Borodino [1812] [2nd major battle during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army, but failed to gain a decisive victory] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Brouwershaven [1426] | Battle of Brouwershaven [in 1426, was part of the (1345-1490) wars over control of the Low Countries and resulted in victory for the Duke of Burgundy against mainly English forces] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Castillon [1453] | Battle of Castillon [decisive French victory in 1453 against England marked the end of the 100 Years' War. Considered the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Tchesmé [1770] | Battle of Chesme [first of a number of disastrous fleet battles for the Ottomans against Russia] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Djerba [1560] | Battle of Djerba [1560] [naval victory of Ottomans against Christian Alliance fleet] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} du Guadalete [711] | Battle of Guadalete [711] [victory for Muslim army against Visigoths (conquest of Spain)] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Malakoff [1855] | Battle of Malakoff [1855] [French victory against the Russian forces resulted in the fall of Sevastopol, and subsequent end to the Crimean War] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Othée [1408] | Battle of Othée [in 1408 the militia and citizens of Liège suffered a heavy defeat against a professional army under John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy.] | |
| 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. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Préveza [1538] | Battle of Preveza [1538] [naval victory of Ottomans against Christian Alliance fleet] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} du Mont-d'Or [Rosebeque 1382] | Battle of Roosebeke [1382, during 1379-1385 rebellion of Ghent against France] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Salamine [480 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Salamis [480 BC] [decisive victory for the Greek city-states against the Persian Empire] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Sempach [1386] | Battle of Sempach [1386] [decisive victory for the Old Swiss Confederacy against Austria - a turning point in the growth of Switzerland] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Sinope [1853] | Battle of Sinope [1853] [ naval battle won decisively by Imperial Russia against the Ottoman Empire, during the opening phase of the Crimean War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Solférino [1859] | Battle of Solferino [1859] [victory of the allied French Army and Piedmont-Sardinian Army against the Austrian Army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Stiklestad [1030] | Battle of Stiklestad [1030] [King Olaf II of Norway killed in battle against Farmer army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {m} de Wagram [1809] | Battle of Wagram [1809] [military engagement which ended in costly but decisive victory for Napoleon's French army against the Austrian army, leading to the breakup of the 5th Coalition] | |
| hist. mil. pol. convention {f} de Tauroggen [1812] | Convention of Tauroggen [1812] [armistice between Prussia and Russia, which triggered an ininsurgency against Napoleon in the Confederation of the Rhine] | |
| hist. mil. pol. première guerre {f} ndébélé [1893 - 1894] | First Matabele War [1893 - 1894] [decisive victory by British South Africa Company against the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom] | |
| hist. mil. pol. grande guerre {f} du Nord [1700 - 1721] | Great Northern War [1700 - 1721] [Russia and allies against Sweden] | |
| hist. mil. pol. ligue {f} de Cambrai [1508 - 1511] | League of Cambrai [1508 - 1511] [military coalition against the Republic of Venice, formed by France, Spain and the Holy Roamn Empire] | |
| hist. mil. pol. deuxième guerre {f} balkanique [1913] | Second Balkan War [1913] [Balkan League countries against each other] | |
| hist. mil. relig. siège {m} de Montauban [1621] | siege of Montauban [1621] [conducted by king Louis XIII against the Protestant stronghold] | |
| hist. mil. siège {m} de Toulon [1793] | Siege of Toulon [1793] [Napoleon first won fame in the success by Republican forces against Royalist rebels supported by Anglo-Spanish forces] | |
| hist. pol. traités {m.pl} de Reichenbach [1813] | Treaties of Reichenbach [1813] [series of agreements signed in present-day Dzierżoniów between UK, Prussia, Russia, and Austria to establish a united coalition force against Napoleon I of France] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} d'Amiens [1802] | Treaty of Amiens [1802] [signed by France and UK. Along with Treaty of Lunéville (1801), it ended the War of the 2nd Coalition against France. Peace lasted 1 year] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Kalisz [1813] | Treaty of Kalisz [1813] [between Russia and Prussia against Napoleon I] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1355] | Treaty of Paris [1355] [benefited France by ending dispute with Savoy and gaining it as an ally in the war against England] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1657] | Treaty of Paris [1657] [allied the English Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell with King Louis XIV of France against King Philip IV of Spain] | |
| hist. pol. Guillaume {m} le Taciturne [1533-1584] [aussi : Guillaume I d'Orange-Nassau] | William the Silent [1533-1584] [also: William the Taciturn or William of Orange] [leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648)] | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| se découper sur qc. | to be in contrast to sth. [stand out against a background] | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'al-Qadisiyya [636] | Battle of al-Qadisiyyah [636] [decisive victory for the Rashidun Caliphate against the Sasanian Empire (Muslim conquest of Persia)] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} d'indépendance espagnole [1808-1814] | Spanish War of Independence [1808-1814] [also: Peninsular War] [military conflict fought by Spain, UK and Portugal against France for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Campo-Formio [1797] | Treaty of Campo Formio [1797] [signed by Napoleon and the Austrian Monarchy, ending the War of the First Coalition and left UK fighting alone against revolutionary France] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Saint-Pétersbourg [1812] | Treaty of Saint Petersburg [1812] [between Sweden and the Russian Empire, establishing an alliance against the French Empire of Napoleon] | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| hist. pol. Banquet {m} du Vœu du faisan [1454] | Banquet of the Oath of the Pheasant [in 1454, the Duke of Burgundy gave this banquet to promote a Crusade (which never took place) against the Turks who had just taken Constantinople] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Cinquième Coalition [1809] | War of the Fifth Coalition [1809] [conflicts of France, supported by its client states, against Austria in central Europe and UK in Spain. Prussia remained neutral. Austria was heavily defeated] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Quatrième Coalition [1806-1807] | War of the Fourth Coalition [1806-1807] [conflicts of France against Prussia and Russia, and both were heavily defeated] | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| film F Les Aventures de Tarzan à New York | Tarzan's New York Adventure [also: Tarzan Against the World] [Richard Thorpe] | |
