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| ragaillardir qn. | to pep sb. up [coll.] [cheer up] | |
| boucler qn. [fam.] | to shut sb. up [lock up] | |
| hydro. ensablé {adj} {past-p} [estuaire] | filled with sand [postpos.] [silted up] | |
| hydro. ensabler [port, chenal] | to fill with sand [silt up] | |
| hist. mil. harki {m} | Harki [generic term for native Muslim Algerians who served as auxiliaries in the French Army during the Algerian War of Independence from 1954 to 1962] | |
| 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] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. République {f} de Gênes | Republic of Genoa [a historic maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 on the northwestern Italian coast, incorporating Corsica from 1347 to 1768.] | |
| hist. pol. guelfes {m.pl} | Guelphs [faction supporting the Pope in 12C and 13C in the Italian city-states of Central and Northern Italy] | |
| géogr. pol. Victoire {f} [capitale et la plus grande ville des Seychelles] | Victoria [capital and largest city of the Republic of the Seychelles] | |
| arch. géogr. relig. cathédrale {f} de Durham | Durham Cathedral [also: The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham] | |
| hist. mil. pol. matines {f.pl} de Bruges [1302] | Matins of Bruges [1302 massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by the local Flemish militia] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. traité {m} de Münster [1648] | Peace of Münster [1648] [between Seven United Netherlands and the Spanish Crown recognising the independent Dutch Republic] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de l'Allia [387] | Battle of the Allia [387] [the Senones, a Gallic tribe. routed the Romans and sacked Rome] | |
| géogr. Saba {f} [une île néerlandaise qui se situe dans le nord des Petites Antilles] | Saba [a Caribbean island which is the smallest special municipality of the Netherlands] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Issos [333 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Issus [333 BC] [also: Battle of Issos] [Macedonian troops, under Alexander the Great, defeated the Persian forces] | |
| hist. pol. gibelins {m.pl} | Ghibellines [faction supporting the Holy Roman Emperor in 12C and 13C in the Italian city-states of Central and Northern Italy] | |
| myth. Parques {f.pl} | Parcae [also: the Fates] [female personifications of destiny who directed the lives (and deaths) of humans and gods in Roman mythology] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Lützen [1813] | Battle of Lützen [1813] [despite enormous losses in Russian Campaign, Napoleon halted the advance of the Sixth Coalition] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Le traité {m} de Tournai [1385] | The Peace of Tournai [1385, between the Burgundian Duke Philip II and the rebellious city of Ghent] | |
| frayer qc. | to clear sth. [open up a way through] | |
| passer prendre qn./qc. | to collect sb./sth. [pick up] | |
| coffrer qn. [fam.] | to nick sb. [Br.] [coll.] [lock up] | |
| donner suite à qc. [projet] | to pursue sth. [follow up] | |
| mettre qc. à jour | to upgrade sth. [bring up-to-date] | |
| dr. coup {m} de filet [fig.] [fam.] | sweep [raid, round-up] | |
| faire fissa [fam.] | to shake a leg [coll.] [hurry up] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1783] | Treaty of Paris [1783] [between Great Britain and representatives of the United States, officially ended the American Revolutionary War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1814] | Treaty of Paris [1814] [ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition, following Napoleon's abdication as Emperor] | |
| géogr. Bonaire {f} [une île dans les Petites Antilles et une commune néerlandaise] | Bonaire <.an, .nl> [a "Caribbean public body" within the country of the Netherlands] | |
| dr. hist. Miroir {m} des Saxons | Sachsenspiegel [the most important law book of the Holy Roman Empire, originating around 1220 as a record of existing customary law] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Crimée [1853-1856] | Crimean War [1853-1856] [ Russia lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Talavera [1809] | Battle of Talavera [1809] [major battle in the Peninsular War where British & Spanish forces defeated the Napoleonic Army outside Madrid] | |
| hist. pol. relig. paix {f} d'Augsbourg [1555] | Peace of Augsburg [1555] [made the legal division of Christianity (Lutheranism or Roman Catholicism) permanent within the Holy Roman Empire] | |
| 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. pol. traité {m} de Finkenstein [1807] | Treaty of Finckenstein [1807] [concluded between France and Persia (modern-day Iran) in the Finckenstein Palace (now Kamieniec, Poland) formalising the Franco-Persian alliance] | |
| à la dernière mode {adj} | modern [up-to-date; often pej.: newfangled] | |
| replier qc. [parapluie] | to close sth. [fold up] [e.g. umbrella] | |
| requinquer qn. [fam.] [regonfler] | to pep sb. up [coll.] [cheer up] | |
| 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. pol. traité {m} de Lunéville [1801] | Treaty of Lunéville [signed in 1801 by the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, following the Battle of Marengo] | |
| arts hist. mil. monument {m} de la Bataille des Nations | Monument to the Battle of the Nations [commemorates the defeat of Napoleon's French army at Leipzig in 1813] | |
| géogr. hist. Valachie {f} | Wallachia [also: Walachia] [historical and geographical region of Romania, situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians] | |
| relig. évêque {m} de Winchester | Bishop of Winchester [diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester, one of the oldest and most important in England] | |
| arch. hist. pol. château {m} de Fontainebleau | Palace of Fontainebleau [also: Château de Fontainebleau] [the medieval castle and subsequent palace served as a residence for the French monarchs from Louis VII to Napoleon III] | |
| Plus ça change, plus ça reste la même chose. [1849] [Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr] | The more it changes, the more it's the same thing. [often quoted in French] | |
| hist. relig. Séparation {f} des Églises d'Orient et d'Occident | East–West Schism [split of Christianity between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, beginning in 1054] | |
| perdre la boussole [fam.] [perdre la raison] | to snap [coll.] [crack up] | |
| tout ficher en l'air [fam.] | to blow it [coll.] [mess up] | |
| camoufler qc. [crime, défaut, erreur, vérité] | to gloss over sth. [cover up] | |
| sport faire des balles | to knock up [warm up with opponent in tennis] | |