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 | géogr. Saint-Martin {f} [un territoire français situé dans les Caraïbes, dans la partie nord de l'île de Saint-Martin, dans les Antilles, et collectivité d'outre-mer française] | Saint Martin [also: the Collectivity of Saint Martin] [an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies] | |
| arch. géogr. relig. cathédrale {f} de Salisbury | Salisbury Cathedral [also: the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary] | |
| arch. hist. pol. château {m} de Schönbrunn | Schönbrunn Palace [main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, Vienna] | |
| trains transp. carte {f} orange® [Paris] | season ticket [in the Paris region] | |
| hist. mil. relig. septième croisade {f} [1248-1254] | Seventh Crusade [1248-1254] [also: Crusade of Louis IX to the Holy Land] | |
| géogr. Saint-Eustache {f} [une île des Caraïbes, territoire néerlandais d'outre-mer] | Sint Eustatius [an island in the Caribbean and a special municipality of the Netherlands] | |
| géogr. pol. Saint-Martin {f} [aussi : le Pays de Saint-Martin] [un pays au sein du royaume des Pays-Bas] | Sint Maarten <.an, .sx> [a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean] | |
| cosm. soins {m.pl} du visage | skin care {sg} [for the face] | |
| arch. relig. cathédrale {f} de Spire [aussi : cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-et-Saint-Étienne] | Speyer Cathedral [also: Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen] | |
| phys. tenseur {m} énergie-impulsion | stress–energy tensor [also: stress–energy–momentum tensor or the energy–momentum tensor] | |
| géogr. hist. île {f} de Ternate [appartenant à l'archipel des Moluques] | Ternate Island [first outpost of the Portuguese in 1512] | |
| math. Les Éléments {m.pl} | The Elements [mathematical treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt c. 300 BC] | |
| ethn. géogr. Les Gullah {m.pl} | The Gullah {pl} [African American ethnic group who predominantly live in the south-eastern Lowcountry region of the U.S.] | |
| hist. la Reconquista {f} [la Reconquête] | The Reconquista [period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Battle of Covadonga (718 or 722) and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492] | |
| méd. cancer {m} du larynx | throat cancer [specifically of the larynx] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Torstenson [1643 - 1645] [aussi : controverse d'Hannibal ou guerre d'Hannibal] | Torstenson War [1643 - 1645] [between Sweden and Denmark–Norway, during the 30 Years' War] | |
| trafic sortie {f} de camions [avertissement routier] | truck exit [usually a warning sign that trucks could enter into the road] | |
| arch. hist. pol. palais {m} des Tuileries [1564-1871] | Tuileries Palace [1564-1871] [royal and imperial palace in Paris, residence of most French monarchs, from Henry IV to Napoleon III, and burned by the Paris Commune in 1871] | |
| hist. vendémiaire {m} | Vendemiaire / Vendémiaire [1st month of the French Republican calendar. Approximates to October] | |
| hist. pol. royaume {m} wisigoth [418–718] | Visigothic Kingdom [418–718] [also: Visigothic Spain or Kingdom of the Goths] | |
| géogr. Wadi Rum {m} [paysage désertique situé au sud de l'Arabah en Jordanie] [aussi : Wadi Ramm] | Wadi Rum [also: Valley of the Moon] | |
| hist. Francie {f} occidentale | West Francia [Kingdom of the West Franks] | |
| cuis. béchamel {f} | white sauce [common name for the classic Béchamel Sauce] | |
| cuis. sauce {f} béchamel [aussi : béchamelle] | white sauce [common name for the classic Béchamel Sauce] | |
| canne {f} blanche [d'aveugle] | white stick [white cane for the blind] | |
| arch. relig. cathédrale {f} de Winchester | Winchester Cathedral [also: Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Swithun] | |
| géogr. Îles {f.pl} du Vent | Windward Islands [also: Islands of Barlovento] [the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerres {f.pl} xhosas [1779-1879] [aussi : guerres cafres] | Xhosa Wars [1779-1879] [also: Cape Frontier Wars or Kaffir Wars] [series of 9 wars between the Xhosa Kingdom and the British Empire] | |
| arch. géogr. relig. cathédrale {f} d'York | York Minster [also: The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| géogr. outre-Manche {adv} | across the Channel [across the English Channel] | |
| à l'enfilade {adv} | in a row [one after the other] | |
| C'est son anniversaire. | It's her birthday. [also: his birthday (depending on the subject)] | |
| C'est mon tour. | It's my shout. [coll.] [Aus.] [paying the bill etc.] | |
| au côté droit {adv} | on the right [on the right-hand side] | |
| à la seconde près {adv} | on the tick [to the exact second] | |
| littérat. philos. pol. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [Jean-Jacques Rousseau] [1762] | The Social Contract [also: On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right ] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| cesser [activité] | to (pull) up stumps [Br.] [coll.] [to cease doing something, at least for the day] | |
| astron. être constellé de qc. | to be littered with sth. [idiom] [stars in the sky] | |
| tirer la chasse | to flush the toilet [pull the chain] | |
| suivre une partie | to follow a game [watch or listen to the proceedings] | |
| occup. être mis à la porte | to get one's cards [idiom] [get the sack] | |
| tenir le crachoir [fig.] [monopoliser la parole] | to hold the floor [fig.] [monopolise the conversation] | |
| dr. déposer [faire une déposition] | to make a statement [e.g. to the police] | |
| changer les règles du jeu | to move the goalposts [coll.] [idiom] [change the rules] | |
| avoir besoin de se changer les idées [loc.] | to need a change [idiom] [from the daily routine] | |
| aller aux toilettes | to powder one's nose [coll.] [of a woman, to go to the lavatory] [idiom] | |
| gravir qc. [position haute] | to rise up to sth. [the top, a position] | |
| tourisme parcourir le monde | to see the world [to travel the world] | |
| changer les règles du jeu | to shift the goalposts [coll.] [idiom] [change the rules] | |
| se frayer un passage | to shoulder one's way [through the crowd, etc.] | |
