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| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Campo-Formio [1797] | Treaty of Campo Formio [1797] [signed by Napoleon and the Austrian Monarchy, ending the War of the First Coalition and left UK fighting alone against revolutionary France] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Saint-Jean-d'Acre [1291] | siege of Acre [1291] [also: fall of Acre] [capture of the city marked the end of further crusades to the Levant] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} du Rif [1921-1927] | Rif War [1921-1927] [armed conflict between the colonialists of Spain and the Berber tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco] | |
| Pierre, Paul et Jacques [fam.] | the butcher, the baker, (and) the candlestick-maker [idiom] | |
| hist. pol. Banquet {m} du Vœu du faisan [1454] | Banquet of the Oath of the Pheasant [in 1454, the Duke of Burgundy gave this banquet to promote a Crusade (which never took place) against the Turks who had just taken Constantinople] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Poitiers [1356] | Battle of Poitiers [in 1356 was the 2nd major success, after Crécy, by England under Edward, the Black Prince, against France, under King John II, in the 100 Years' War] | |
| audio ling. méd. surdi-mutité {f} [fam.] [surdimutité] | deaf-muteness [lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak] | |
| audio ling. méd. surdi-mutité {f} [fam.] [surdimutité] | deaf-mutism [lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak] | |
| télécom. au bout du fil {adv} [fam.] | at the other end of the line [on the phone] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {m} de Vimeiro [1808] | Battle of Vimeiro [1808] [the British under General Wellesley defeated the French under General Junot, putting an end to the first French invasion of Portugal] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Québec [1759] | Battle of the Plains of Abraham [1759] [also: Battle of Quebec] [deciding moment in the conflict between France and Britain over the fate of New France, influencing the later creation of Canada] | |
| arts relig. L'Adoration {f} de l'Agneau mystique [aussi : Autel de Gand] | The Ghent Altarpiece [also: the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb] [a large 15C polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, begun in the mid-1420s and completed by 1432.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. siège {m} de La Rochelle [1627-1628] | siege of La Rochelle [1627-1628] [height of the struggle between the Catholics and the Protestants in France] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Fontainebleau [1807] | Treaty of Fontainebleau [1807] [secret agreement signed between King Charles IV of Spain and the French Emperor Napoleon, to drive the House of Braganza from and divide the Kingdom of Portugal] | |
| la vie du commun des mortels [loc.] | the life of the man in the street [idiom] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Brouwershaven [1426] | Battle of Brouwershaven [in 1426, was part of the (1345-1490) wars over control of the Low Countries and resulted in victory for the Duke of Burgundy against mainly English forces] | |
| géogr. hist. duché {m} de Brabant | Duchy of Brabant [a State of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183. Most of the duchy's former territories, are in today's Belgium except for the Dutch province of North Brabant] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1718] | Treaty of Paris [1718] [between the Regent of the Kingdom of France, Philip of Orléans, and the Duke of Lorraine, transferring ownership of lands in Grand Est and Saarland] | |
| arch. arts relig. iconostase {f} | iconostasis [wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. duché {m} de Clèves [1417-1815] | Duchy of Cleves [1417-1815] [a State of the Holy Roman Empire, situated in the northern Rhineland, today part in Germany and part in the Netherlands] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} X [1289-1316] [aussi : Louis le Hutin] | Louis X [1289-1316] [King of France 1314-1316] [also: Louis the Quarrelsome, the Headstrong, or the Stubborn] | |
| pol. C'est l'avenir du pays qui se joue. | The future of the country hangs in the balance. | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Nancy [1477] | Battle of Nancy [in 1477, the final and decisive battle in the Burgundian Wars. The Duke of Burgundy was defeated and killed by Lorraine and Swiss forces (funded by France)] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Valmy [1792] [aussi : bataille ou affaire du camp de la Lune] | Battle of Valmy [1792] [also: Cannonade of Valmy] [first major victory by the army of France during the Revolutionary Wars, preventing the Prussian Army marching on Paris] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Brétigny [1360] [traité de Calais] | Treaty of Brétigny [Treaty signed in 1360 between King Edward III of England and King John II of France, marking the end of the first phase of the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {m} de Marchfeld [1278] | Battle on the Marchfeld [1278] [decisive event for the history of Central Europe for the following centuries when the German king Rudolph I of Habsburg defeated king Ottokar II of Bohemia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. siège {m} d'Orléans [1428/9] | siege of Orléans [1428/9] [the watershed of the 100 Years' War with a major victory for the French Royal Army with Joan of Arc] | |
| relig. Inch'Allah. [Si Dieu le veut.] | Insha'Allah. [If it is God's will.] | |
| édition relig. livre {m} d'heures | Book of Hours [abbreviated form of the breviary which contained the Divine Office recited in monasteries] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Waterloo [1815] [aussi : bataille de Mont-Saint-Jean ou Victoire de la Belle-Alliance] | Battle of Waterloo [1815] [Napoleon's French army was decisively defeated by the combined Anglo-Allied and Prussian armies, marking the final end of the Napoleonic Wars] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traités {m.pl} de Tilsit [1807] | Treaties of Tilsit [1807] [2 agreements signed by Napoleon I of France ending the War of the 4th Coalition, with 1. Emperor Alexander I of Russia. 2. the King Of Prussia. Tilsit = Sovetsk] | |
| dr. se faire recenser | to register [e.g. with the police, with the tax authority] | |
| ethn. géogr. Aïnous {m.pl} | Ainu people [indigenous people of the lands surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Deux-Roses | War of the Roses [series of civil wars in England between 1455 and 1487, when the House of Lancaster and the House of York fought for control of the throne of England] | |
| relig. Saint-Siège {m} | Apostolic See [used today to denote the Pope as well as the Curia] | |
| arch. géogr. relig. cathédrale {f} de Salisbury | Salisbury Cathedral [also: the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary] | |
| géogr. Gambie {f} [République de Gambie] | Gambia <.gm> [Republic of The Gambia] [The Gambia] | |
| hist. Philippe {m} le Bon [Philippe III de Bourgogne] [1396-1467] | Philip the Good [1396-1467] [Duke of Burgundy 1419 until death. During his reign, the Burgundian State reached the apex of its prosperity and prestige, and became a leading centre of the arts] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de la Bérézina [1812] [aussi : passage de la Bérézina ou bataille de Borissov] | Battle of (the) Berezina [1812] [also: Battle of Beresina] [final conflict in Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the French but the outcome was not decisive] | |
| cuis. salers {m} | salers [semi-hard cheese originating from Salers, in the volcanic region of the Auvergne] | |
| relig. chute {f} originelle | the Fall of Man [also: the fall of Adam, or simply the Fall] | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Sous-le-Vent | Leeward Islands [a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean] | |
| dr. suivre la lettre, sinon l'esprit, de la loi [loc.] | to respect the letter, if not the spirit, of the law [idiom] | |
| bible relig. Au commencement était le Verbe, et le Verbe était auprès de Dieu, et le Verbe était Dieu. [l'évangile selon Jean] | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [Gospel according to John] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. traité {m} de Bucarest [1913] | Treaty of Bucharest [1913] [fixed the borders after the 2nd Balkan War] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de la Moskova [1812] [aussi : bataille de la Moskowa ou bataille de Borodino] | Battle of Borodino [1812] [2nd major battle during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army, but failed to gain a decisive victory] | |
| géogr. pol. Birobidjan {m} | Birobidzhan [Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near the China–Russia border] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. château {m} de Charlottenbourg | Charlottenburg Palace [was the Royal Palace in Berlin of the Hohenzollern, Kings of Prussia] | |
| liste {f} civile | Civil list [Br.] [individuals to whom money is paid by the government, typically for service to the state or as honorary pensions] | |
| Au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois. [loc.] | In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. [idiom] | |