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 | d'aventure {adj} [roman, film] | adventure [attr.] |  |
 | dr. film littérat. policier {adj} [film, roman] | detective [film, book] |  |
 | film littérat. passionnant {adj} {pres-p} [roman, film] | gripping |  |
 | relig. pratiquant {adj} | observant [practising, obedient] [ Jew, Roman Catholic etc. ] |  |
 | mièvre {adj} [roman, tableau, musique] | soppy |  |
 | illisible {adj} [roman] | unreadable |  |
Verbs |
 | ébaucher qc. [tableau, roman, sculpture, fig. : projet, sourire] | to draft sth. [letter, speech, bill, contract] |  |
 | littérat. romancer qn./qc. [présenter sous forme de roman] | to fictionalise sb./sth. [Br.] |  |
 | littérat. romancer qn./qc. [présenter sous forme de roman] | to fictionalize sb./sth. |  |
 | démolir qn./qc. [fam.] [auteur, roman] | to pan sb./sth. [coll.] [criticize] |  |
 | film littérat. situer qc. [dans l'espace, le temps - roman, film] | to set sth. [e.g. a novel, film] |  |
 | démolir qn./qc. [fam.] [auteur, roman] | to zing sb./sth. [coll.] [criticize] |  |
Nouns |
 | dénouement {m} [affaire, roman, etc.] | 3 outcome [matter, novel etc.] |  |
 | hist. mil. mus. buccin {m} [trompette] | buccina [also: bucina, buccin or bucine] [brass instrument used in Roman Army] |  |
 | hist. calendes {m} | calends [first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar] |  |
 | hist. mil. centurie {f} | century [unit of the Roman army] |  |
 | littérat. nœud {m} [de pièce, de roman] | core |  |
 | 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] |  |
 | littérat. charpente {f} [schéma - d'un roman] | outline [of a story] |  |
 | 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] |  |
 | littérat. lisibilité {f} [de roman, document] | readability |  |
 | 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. saturnales {f.pl} | Saturnalia [ancient Roman festival] |  |
 | film registre {m} [de roman, film] | style |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | se raconter [dans un roman] | to portray oneself [in a novel] |  |
 | littérat. préparer qc. [nouvelle édition, roman, thèse] | to work on sth. |  |
2 Words: Nouns |
 | littérat. canevas {m} [fig.] [d'un roman, exposé] | basic framework [fig.] |  |
 | hist. Empire {m} byzantin [330 - 1453] [aussi : Empire romain d'Orient] | Byzantine Empire [330 - 1453] [also: Eastern Roman Empire] |  |
 | hist. pol. François {m} II [1768-1835] [empereur des Romains 1792-1806, François I d'Autriche 1804-1835 ] | Francis II [1768-1835] [the last Holy Roman Emperor 1792-1806 and, as Francis I, the first Emperor of Austria 1804-1835] |  |
 | 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] |  |
 | hist. pol. diète {f} impériale | Imperial Diet [Holy Roman Empire] |  |
 | hist. pol. Couronne {f} de fer | Iron Crown [reliquary and one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. A relic from the Kingdom of the Lombards, used for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperors as Kings of Italy] |  |
 | hist. Maximilien {m} d'Autriche [1459-1519] [Maximilien Ier] | Maximilian I [1459-1519] [Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death. He married Mary of Burgundy, expanding his influence. However, he lost the original family lands in Switzerland] |  |
 | hist. pol. Pragmatique Sanction {f} [1549] | Pragmatic Sanction [edict issued by Charles, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1549 reorganising the Seventeen Provinces of the present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg into one indivisible territory] |  |
 | littérat. pol. ébauche {f} [roman, réforme] | preliminary draft |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. guerres {f.pl} puniques [264 - 146 av. J.-C.] [aussi : guerres romano-carthaginoises] | Punic Wars [264 – 146 BC] [between the Roman Republic and Carthage] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Pyrrhus [280 - 275 av. J.-C.] | Pyrrhic War [280–275 BC] [between the Roman Republic and Pyrrhus, the king of Epiru] |  |
 | arts hist. pol. colonne {f} Trajane | Trajan's Column [Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy] |  |
 | hist. relig. grand schisme {m} d'Occident | Western Schism [split in Roman Catholic Church between 1378 and 1417] |  |
3 Words: Verbs |
 | littérat. être plein de fantaisie [roman] | to be highly imaginative |  |
3 Words: Nouns |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Abrittus [251] [aussi : bataille du forum Terebronii] | Battle of Abritus [251] [also: Battle of Forum Terebronii] [heavy defeat of Roman army by federation of Goths and Scyths] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Andrinople [378] [aussi : bataille d'Adrianople ; aujourd'hui Edirne en Turquie européenne] | Battle of Adrianople [378] [also: Battle of Hadrianopolis] [overwhelming victory of the Goths over the Eastern Roman Empire] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bénévent [275 av. J.-C.] [aussi : bataille de Beneventum] | Battle of Beneventum [275 BC] [victory of Roman Republic over Pyrrhus] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bibracte [58 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Bibracte [58 BC] [Roman army defeated the Helvetii] |  |
 | hist. mil. Bataille {f} de Bouvines [1214] | Battle of Bouvines [the concluding battle of the Anglo-French War of 1213–1214.A French army under King Philip Augustus defeated an Allied army under Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Cannes [216 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Cannae [216 BC] [Hannibal's Carthaginian army heavily defeated the Roman army] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Göllheim [1298] | Battle of Göllheim [1298] [victory confirming Albert I of Habsburg as King of the Holy Roman Empire] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Lützen [1632] | Battle of Lützen [1632] [Allied army (Sweden, Saxony & Hesse-Kassel) defeated Holy Roman & Catholic League army] |  |
 | hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Muhlberg [1547] | Battle of Mühlberg [1547] [Holy Roman Empire defeated the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Naissus [268] | Battle of Naissus [268] [Roman army defeated Gothic coalition army] |  |