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 | arch. hist. les sept merveilles {f.pl} du monde | the Seven Wonders of the (Ancient) World | |
| Unverified Elle est l'artiste francophone la plus écoutée dans le monde. | She is the most listened-to French-language singer in the world. | |
| pol. Ordre {m} de la Toison d'or | Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece [Catholic order of chivalry founded by the Duke of Burgundy in 1430. Today, 2 branches of the order exist, namely the Spanish and the Austrian Fleece ] | |
| après-demain matin {adv} | the day after tomorrow in the morning | |
| météo. à la fraîche {adv} [le matin] | in the cool of the morning | |
| Au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois. [loc.] | In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. [idiom] | |
| 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] | |
| les personnes {f.pl} les plus riches du monde | the richest people in the world | |
| pol. C'est l'avenir du pays qui se joue. | The future of the country is at stake. | |
| méd. pharm. La vitamine C se prend de préférence le matin. | Vitamin C is best taken in the morning. | |
| Pas pour tout l'or du monde. [loc.] | Not for all the money in the world. [idiom] | |
| 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.] | |
| in extremis {adv} [aussi : in extrémis] | at the last minute | |
| baisser les bras [fig.] | to throw in the sponge [Br.] [idiom] [less common] [to throw in the towel] | |
| mandat-carte {m} | postal order [in the form of a post card] | |
| littérat. F La Maison aux sept pignons | The House of the Seven Gables [Nathaniel Hawthorne] | |
| tourisme parcourir le monde | to see the world [to travel the world] | |
| être logé à la même enseigne [loc.] | to be in the same boat [idiom] [be in the same situation] | |
| télécom. au bout du fil {adv} [fam.] | at the other end of the line [on the phone] | |
| 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] | |
| dessaler qn. [fig.] [fam.] | to teach sb. the ways of the world | |
| hist. pol. serment {m} du Jeu de paume [1789] | Tennis Court Oath [a pivotal event in the French Revolution. In 1789, the members of the French Third Estate voted "not to separate until the Constitution of the kingdom is established"] | |
| hist. mil. pol. le régiment {m} des Gardes françaises | The French Guards [elite infantry regiment created in 1563 as part of the Military Household of the King of France, specifically to protect the monarch (and, later, Emperor Napoleon)] | |
| le matin {adv} | in the morning | |
| la vie du commun des mortels [loc.] | the life of the man in the street [idiom] | |
| 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] | |
| 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.] | |
| météo. être isolé du reste du monde [village] | to be cut off from the rest of the world | |
| L'heure est grave. | The writing is on the wall. [fig.] | |
| arts hist. Le groupe des sept [can.] | The Group of Seven [also: the Algonquin School] [group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933] | |
| au petit jour {adv} | early in the morning | |
| au petit jour {adv} | in the early morning | |
| au petit matin {adv} | early in the morning | |
| de grand matin {adv} | early in the morning | |
| de grand matin {adv} | in the early morning | |
| tôt le matin {adv} | early in the morning | |
| théâtre F Le Baladin du monde occidental | The Playboy of the Western World [playright: Edmund John Millington Synge (1907)] | |
| pol. C'est l'avenir du pays qui se joue. | The future of the country hangs in the balance. | |
| hist. mil. pol. campagne {f} de France [1814] | campaign in north-east France [1814] [Napoleon's final campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition, ending in the capitulation of Paris] | |
| La chance a tourné. [loc.] | The boot is on the other foot. [idiom] | |
| Le sort a tourné. [loc.] | The boot is on the other foot. [idiom] | |
| Le vent a tourné. [loc.] | The boot is on the other foot. [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] | |
| géogr. hist. comté {m} de Zélande | County of Zeeland [county of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, covering an area in the Scheldt and Meuse delta (roughly today's Dutch province of Zeeland)] | |
| 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] | |
| de bon matin {adv} [loc.] | early in the morning [idiom] | |
| de bon matin {adv} [loc.] | in the early morning [idiom] | |
| le surlendemain matin {adv} | two days later, in the morning | |
| au saut du lit {adv} | first thing in the morning | |
| La chance a tourné. [loc.] | The shoe is on the other foot. [idiom] [Am.] | |
