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| le dénommé Marcel {m} | the person by the name of Marcel | |
| Au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois. [loc.] | In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. [idiom] | |
| édition relig. livre {m} d'heures | Book of Hours [abbreviated form of the breviary which contained the Divine Office recited in monasteries] | |
| passer à la banque | to drop by the bank [call in] | |
| être inscrit sous le nom de qn. | to go by the name of sb. [known as] | |
| littérat. sci. C'est un livre d'une grande érudition. | The book is a fine piece of scholarship. | |
| 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] | |
| bourse fin. être au nom de qn. [p. ex. entreprise] | to be issued in sb.'s name | |
| 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 ] | |
| la vie du commun des mortels [loc.] | the life of the man in the street [idiom] | |
| fin. La banque crédite un compte de la somme de ... | The bank credits an account to the sum of ... | |
| pol. C'est l'avenir du pays qui se joue. | The future of the country hangs in the balance. | |
| dr. respecter la loi à la lettre [loc.] | to abide by the letter of the law [idiom] | |
| film littérat. F Le Nom de la Rose [roman : Umberto Eco, film : Jean-Jacques Annaud] | The Name of the Rose | |
| 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] | |
| mil. quadrillage {m} de la ville par l'armée | taking of control of the town by the army | |
| pol. C'est l'avenir du pays qui se joue. | The future of the country is at stake. | |
| sport prendre la balle en pleine figure | to get hit right in the face by the ball | |
| 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)] | |
| littérat. F Un Garçon sur le pas de la porte | Redhead by the Side of the Road [Anne Tyler] | |
| 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] | |
| arts hist. mil. monument {m} de la Bataille des Nations | Monument to the Battle of the Nations [commemorates the defeat of Napoleon's French army at Leipzig in 1813] | |
| 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] | |
| géogr. hist. comté {m} de Flandre | County of Flanders [historic territory in the Low Countries founded in 862, centred around the cities of Ghent, Bruges and Ypres] | |
| Le fin mot de l'histoire c'est que ... [loc.] | The long and the short of it is that ... [idiom] | |
| géogr. pol. duché {m} de Bourgogne | Duchy of Burgundy [emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians] | |
| hist. mil. journée {f} des Harengs [1429] [bataille des harengs] [bataille de Rouvray] | Battle of the Herrings [Battle of Rouvray] [in 1429, part of the siege of Orléans in the 100 Years' War. English forces decisively defeated French forces attempting to intercept a supply convoy.] | |
| J'ai le mot sur le bout de la langue. [loc.] | The word is on the tip of my tongue. [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.] | |
| dr. hist. immo. Domesday Book {m} | Domesday Book [a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086] | |
| en plein jour {adv} | in the middle of the day | |
| en pleine journée {adv} | in the middle of the day | |
| en pleine nature {adv} | in the heart of the countryside | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Patay [1429] | Battle of Patay [in 1429, the culminating engagement of the Loire Campaign of the 100 Years' War, when the French cavalry inflicted a severe defeat on the English.] | |
| 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] | |
| selon les règles {adv} | by the book [fig.] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| anat. méd. douleurs {f.pl} lombaires | pain {sg} in the small of the back | |
| géogr. à proximité du littoral {adv} | in the vicinity of the coast | |
| au fil des années {adv} | in the course of the years | |
| 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] | |
| météo. à la fraîche {adv} [le matin] | in the cool of the morning | |
| météo. à la fraîche {adv} [le soir] | in the cool of the evening | |
| comm. dr. être en règlement judiciaire | to be in the hands of the receiver | |
| au milieu de la nuit {adv} | in the middle of the night | |
| dans le courant du mois {adv} | in the course of the month | |
| baisser les bras [fig.] | to throw in the sponge [Br.] [idiom] [less common] [to throw in the towel] | |
| 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)] | |