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| pol. sherpa {m} (du dirigeant) [fig.] [fam.] | sherpa [civil servant accompanying a minister to a summit meeting] | |
| occup. placer qn. [procurer un emploi] | to place sb. [find a job for sb.] | |
| adm. occup. fonctionnaire {f} | officer [female civil servant] | |
| adm. occup. fonctionnaire {f} | official [female civil servant] | |
| adm. occup. femme {f} officier [aussi : l'officière] | clerk [female civil servant] | |
| occup. stage {m} d'observation [plusieurs jours] | (brief) trial apprenticeship [to experience a job or profession] | |
| démarcher qn. [se présenter] | to call on sb. [pay a visit to sb., esp. in order to ask a favour] | |
| hist. philos. relig. apollinien {adj} | Apollonian [of or relating to Apollo or his cult] | |
| visiter (qn./qc.) | to visit (sb./sth.) [when a person, a visit to a sick person or prisoner by a doctor or priest, not a social visit] | |
| écon. débâcle {f} [ruine] | crash [sudden failure or value loss of a market or a business, e.g. a bank] | |
| affabuler qc. | to manufacture sth. [fig.] [esp. a false story or an explanation] | |
| équi. faire la courte échelle à qn. | to give sb. a leg-up [to help sb. to mount a horse or high object] | |
| fin. mil. solde {f} | salary [esp. in civil service, army] | |
| nommé {adj} [à un poste] | appointed [selected for a job] | |
| joug {m} [sujétion, pièce de bois servant à l'attelage de bêtes à cornes] | yoke [subjection, wooden frame for joining oxen] | |
| hist. pol. Frédéric {m} II de Prusse [1712-1786] [aussi : Frédéric le Grand or le vieux Fritz] | Frederick II [1712-1786] [also: Frederick the Great or The Old Fritz] [King of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786] | |
| cuis. boisson {f} gazeuse [servant à couper un alcool] | mixer [for diluting alcoholic drinks] | |
| dr. Code {m} civil [aussi : Code civil des Français] | Napoleonic Code [also: Civil Code of the French ] | |
| intégration {f} [dans un travail] | induction [into a job] | |
| occup. entraînement {m} de main-d'œuvre | introductory training [for a job] | |
| commis {adj} {past-p} [attentat, meurtre] | committed [murder or attempt on sb.'s life] | |
| arch. arts relig. retable {m} | altarpiece [structure placed on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church] | |
| arch. arts relig. retable {m} | reredos [structure placed on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church] | |
| lèse-majesté {f} | [offense against a sovereign; or, more generally, any slight or insult that wounds someone's dignity.] | |
| occup. être logé et nourri | to have room and board [included with a job] | |
| hist. pol. Joyeuse Entrée {f} | Joyous Entry [in Middle Ages, ceremonial first visit of a prince to his country,] | |
| rappeler qn. | to call sb. back [sb. who's just left or phone caller] | |
| arch. arts relig. retable {m} | retable [structure placed on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church] | |
| tech. jacquemart {m} | bell-striker [animated, mechanised figure of a person which strikes the hours on a bell with a hammer. Usually part of clocks or clocktowers] | |
| déglinguer qc. [fam.] | to louse up sth. [coll.] [spoil or ruin sth., e.g. sb.'s life] | |
| ficher qn. en colère [fam.] [loc.] | to tick sb. off [Am.] [coll.] [idiom] [to annoy or anger sb.] | |
| redonner dans qc. | to relapse into sth. [return to a less active or a worse state] | |
| décrocher qc. | to unhook sth. [e.g., a wagon or take a phone off the hook] | |
| s'intégrer [dans, à] | to integrate [esp. person into a group, society] | |
| inciter qn. à qc. | to put sb. up to sth. [coll.] [to encourage sb. to do sth. (wrong or unwise)] | |
| entraîner qn. à faire qc. | to put sb. up to sth. [coll.] [to encourage sb. to do sth. (wrong or unwise)] | |
| sport étaler qn. [fam.] [faire tomber] | to lay sb. out [coll.] [esp. in boxing] [to knock sb. to the ground] | |
| chevronné {adj} | veteran [attr.] [actor, sortsman, politician] | |
| doucher qn. | to shower sb. [give sb. a shower] | |
| hist. pol. Bulle {f} d'or (de 1356) [aussi : bulle d'or de Nuremberg ou bulle d'or de Metz] | Golden Bull of 1356 [a decree which fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of the constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire] | |
| traverser qc. [région] | to go through sth. [e.g. a river or road through a region] | |
| à compter de {prep} [à partir de telle date] | from [a specific date or period in history] | |
| réfractaire {m} [à l'armée, au vaccin, au progrès] | refusenik [coll.] [a person who refuses or declines something] | |
| dr. droit {m} de visite | access [esp. to approach or see children] | |
| fin. imputer qc. [par ex. une dépense à un budget] | to charge sth. [esp. allocate to a budget] | |
| ménagement {m} | consideration [for sb., sb.'s feelings etc.] | |
| 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] | |
| entarter qn. | to pie sb. [throw a custard pie in sb.'s face] | |
| charger qn. de qc. | to charge sb. with sth. [entrust sb. with a task] | |
| repiquer qn. [fam.] [arrêter qn. à nouveau] | to pick sb. up again [coll.] [rearrest sb.] | |