 | French | English  | |
 | en fait {adv} | basically [the fact is that] | |
| au demeurant {adv} | besides [for all that] | |
| méd. sociol. soignant [paramédical] | caring {prefix} [descriptor for a person or place that gives care] | |
| avec un peu de chance {adv} | hopefully [it is hoped that] | |
| sur ces entrefaites {adv} | meanwhile [at that moment] | |
| afin que {conj} [+subj.] | so [in order that] | |
| pour que {conj} [+subj.] | so [in order that] | |
| de façon que {conj} | so [in order that] | |
| afin que {conj} [+subj.] | that [in order that] | |
| de façon que {conj} | that [in order that] | |
| à l'époque {adv} | then [at that time] | |
| c'est-à-dire {adv} <c.-à-d., c-à-d> | videlicet <viz> [namely, i.e, that is to say] | |
| alors que {conj} | while [during the time that] | |
| Nouns |
| soupçon {m} [petite quantité, idée que quelqu'un est coupable] | 5 suspicion [tiny amount, idea that soemone is guilty] | |
| envoi {m} [lettre envoyé] | 2 letter [that has been posted] | |
| cuis. baeckeoffe {m} | [casserole dish that is typical in Alsace with sliced potatoes and onions, marinated cubed mutton, beef, and pork] | |
| dr. obligation {f} de quitter le territoire français <OQTF> | [demand that someone leaves French territory] | |
| lèse-majesté {f} | [offense against a sovereign; or, more generally, any slight or insult that wounds someone's dignity.] | |
| cuis. bouillon {m} [établissement] | [traditional (late 19c or early 20c), spacious restaurant that usually serves traditional French cuisine, in particular a Bouillon (broth)] | |
| affirmation {f} | affirmation [confirmation that sth. is true] | |
| cuis. aligot {m} | aligot [dish made from cheese blended into mashed potatoes (often with some garlic) that is made in L'Aubrac region in the southern Massif Central of France] | |
| compensation {f} | counterbalance [that offsets] | |
| hist. mil. corps {m} franc | Freikorps [irregular military volunteer units, or paramilitary, that existed from 18C to the early 20C (mainly in German speaking countries)] | |
| braillard {m} | howler [that howls] | |
| myth. incube {m} | incubus [demon in male form in folklore that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women] | |
| équi. regimbeur {m} | jib [horse that jibs] | |
| géogr. hist. Kennemerland {m} | Kennemerland [coastal region in the northwestern Netherlands, its name comes from the Kennemer people, who were Frisians that fought with the Counts of Holland and lost in the Middle Ages] | |
| arts kōlam {m} | Kolam [traditional decorative Asian art that is drawn by using rice flour as per age-old conventions] | |
| arts kōlam {m} | Muggu [traditional decorative Asian art that is drawn by using rice flour as per age-old conventions] | |
| équi. bidet {m} [fam.] [cheval] | nag [coll.] [horse - especially pne that is old or in poor condition] | |
| zool. animal {m} décorné | pollard [animal that has lost its horns] | |
| refoulement {m} | repulsion [force that pushes away] | |
| statistique {f} | statistics [science that collects and interprets numerical data] [with singular verb] | |
| myth. succube {m} | succubus [demon in folklore, in female form, that appears in dreams to seduce men] | |
| comm. objet {m} de troc | swap [sth. that is exchanged] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| si jamais {conj} | if ever [should it ever occur that] | |
| de la même manière que {conj} | just as [in the same way that] | |
| à condition que {conj} [+subj.] | provided that [on the condition that] | |
| afin que {conj} [+subj.] | so that [in order that] | |
| pour que {conj} [+subj.] | so that [in order that] | |
| de façon que {conj} | so that [in order that] | |
| de sorte que {conj} | so that [with the result that] | |
| à savoir {adv} | to wit [that is to say] | |
| c'est-à-dire {adv} <c.-à-d., c-à-d> | to wit [that is to say] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| déduire que ... | to gather that ... [reason that] | |
| 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] | |
| édition édition {f} originale | editio princeps [Latin: first printed edition of the work, that previously had existed only in manuscripts] | |
| dr. recherche {f} à l'aveuglette [loc.] | fishing expedition [an investigation that does not stick to a stated objective] | |
| hist. mil. pol. opération {f} Corse [1958] | Opération Corse [1958] [military operation that precipitated the fall of the Fourth French Republic] | |
| cuis. huîtres {f.pl} Rockefeller | Oysters Rockefeller [oysters on the half-shell that have been topped with a rich sauce of butter, herbs, and bread crumbs, then baked] | |
| géogr. Niémen {m} [fleuve] | River Neman [also: Nemunas, Nioman, or Memel] [river that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then along the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave] | |
| trafic sortie {f} de camions [avertissement routier] | truck exit [usually a warning sign that trucks could enter into the road] | |
| édition vade-mecum {m} [aussi : vadémécum] | vade mecum [handbook or guide that is kept constantly at hand for consultation] | |
| météo. cisaillement {m} du vent | wind shear [rate that wind velocity changes] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| à l'époque {adv} | at that time [during that era] | |
| à cette époque {adv} | at that time [during that era] | |
| sur le moment {adv} [à cet instant-là] | at the time [at that moment] | |
| Ça veut dire que ... [fam.] | That means that ... | |
| de mémoire d'homme {adv} [loc.] | within living memory [idiom] [within or during a time that is remembered by people still alive] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| déjouer le système [loc.] | to game the system [idiom] [to manipulate (a situation), typically in a way that is unfair] | |
| raconter des craques à qn. [fam.] [loc.] | to pull sb.'s leg [idiom] [make sb. believe sth. that is untrue] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| écon. pol. événement {m} du cygne noir | black swan event [event that comes as a surprise and has a major effect] | |
| hist. relig. concile {m} de Mâcon [585] | Council of Mâcon [the council of 585 allegedly "denied that women have a soul"] | |
| hist. pol. maison {f} de Hanovre [1635-1918] | House of Hanover [1635-1918] [also: House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover line] [German royal house that ruled Hanover, Great Britain, and Ireland at various times during the 17C to 20C] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} d'Étrurie [1801-1807] | Kingdom of Etruria [1801-1807] [Italian kingdom that made up a large part of modern Tuscany] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Navarre | Kingdom of Navarre [Basque kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France between 824 and 1620] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. traité {m} de paix de Delft [réconciliation de Delft] [1428] | Treaty of Delft [Reconciliation of Delft] [in 1428, ended hostilities between Duke of Burgundy and Countess of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut to effect that the Duke would administer these lands] | |
| 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)] | |
| hist. relig. étoile {f} jaune | yellow star (badge) [badge that Nazis forced Jews to wear] | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| Cela me fait penser que ... | That reminds me that ... | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| cerise {f} sur le gâteau [fig.] | icing on the cake [idiom] [something extra that makes a good thing even better] | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| à ce que je sais {adv} | as far as I know [it is my belief that] | |
| Nous pouvons partir quand tu veux. | We can leave whenever you like. [coll.] [idiom] [at a time that suits you] | |
| Autant que tu saches que ... [Il est aussi bien que] | You may as well know that ... [It's (probably) best that] | |
| Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi) |
| bot. cuis. T | | |
