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| télécom. au bout du fil {adv} [fam.] | at the other end of the line [on the phone] | |
| spontanément {adv} | at the spur of the moment [coll.] [idiom] | |
| en définitive {adv} [loc.] | at the end of the day [idiom] | |
| biol. ichtyo. zool. espèce {f} démersale | species living at the bottom of the sea | |
| à fleur d'eau {adv} | at the surface of the water | |
| en fin d'année {adv} | at the end of the year | |
| au fond du jardin {adv} | at the end of the garden | |
| meub. au fond du tiroir {adv} | at the back of the drawer | |
| astron. météo. au lever du soleil {adv} | at the rising of the sun | |
| fin. échéance {f} fin courant | due (date) at the end of the month | |
| naut. à l'avant du bateau {adv} | at the front of the boat | |
| en fin de compte {adv} | at the end of the day [idiom] | |
| au bas de la colline {adv} | at the bottom of the hill | |
| au bord de la route {adv} | at the side of the road | |
| à l'entrée de la ville {adv} | at the outskirts of the town | |
| aller au fond du problème | to get at the root of the problem | |
| météo. naut. être le jouet du vent | to be at the mercy of the wind | |
| se garer sur le côté de la route | to park at the side of the road | |
| présider la table | to be at the head of the table | |
| en tête de table {adv} | at the head of the table | |
| trains à l'avant du train {adv} | at the front of the train | |
| fin. aux frais de la princesse {adv} [loc.] [aux dépens de l'État] | at the expense of the state | |
| pol. C'est l'avenir du pays qui se joue. | The future of the country is at stake. | |
| insister sur la quantité aux dépens de la qualité | to put the emphasis on quantity at the expense of quality | |
| 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] | |
| La chance a tourné. [loc.] | The shoe is on the other foot. [idiom] [Am.] | |
| Le sort a tourné. [loc.] | The shoe is on the other foot. [idiom] [Am.] | |
| Le vent a tourné. [loc.] | The shoe is on the other foot. [idiom] [Am.] | |
| Les mouches ont changé d'âne. [loc.] | The boot is on the other foot. [idiom] | |
| Les mouches ont changé d'âne. [loc.] | The shoe is on the other foot. [idiom] [Am.] | |
| anat. plante {f} du pied | sole of the foot | |
| lumière {f} au bout du tunnel [aussi fig.] | light at the end of the tunnel [also fig.] | |
| la vie du commun des mortels [loc.] | the life of the man in the street [idiom] | |
| anat. plante {f} antérieure du pied | ball of the foot | |
| 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 ] | |
| pol. C'est l'avenir du pays qui se joue. | The future of the country hangs in the balance. | |
| first-foot {m} | first-foot [tradition in N. England and Scotland: first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day] | |
| relig. chute {f} originelle | the Fall of Man [also: the fall of Adam, or simply the Fall] | |
| dr. suivre la lettre, sinon l'esprit, de la loi [loc.] | to respect the letter, if not the spirit, of the law [idiom] | |
| Au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois. [loc.] | In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. [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. 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] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de l'Allia [387] | Battle of the Allia [387] [the Senones, a Gallic tribe. routed the Romans and sacked Rome] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Le traité {m} de Tournai [1385] | The Peace of Tournai [1385, between the Burgundian Duke Philip II and the rebellious city of Ghent] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Vereeniging [1902] | Treaty of Vereeniging [1902] [ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other] | |
| l'essentiel {m} | the crux of the matter | |
| 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] | |