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 | hist. pol. Louis {m} XVI [1754-1793] | Louis XVI [1754-1793] [the last King of France from 1774 until he was guillotined and the fall of the monarchy in 1793 during the French Revolution] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. guerre {f} des Hameçons et des Cabillauds [aussi guerre des Crochets et des Cabillauds] [1345-1490] | Hook and Cod wars [1345-1490] [series of battles in the County of Holland between the Cod faction (the more progressive cities of Holland) and the Hook faction ( the conservative noblemen).] | |
| géogr. Niémen {m} [fleuve] | River Neman [also: Nemunas, Nioman, or Memel] [river that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then along the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave] | |
| 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 ] | |
| hist. mil. pol. seconde bataille {f} des lacs de Mazurie [1915] | Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes [1915] [German victory over Russia] [also: Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes] | |
| 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] | |
| dr. agir sous le coup de l'émotion | to act in the heat of the moment | |
| journ. RadioTV être sous les feux de l'actualité | to be in the spotlight of the media | |
| habiter à la périphérie de la ville | to live in the suburbs of the town | |
| se mettre en travers de la route | to stand in the middle of the road | |
| film F Dans la douceur du jour | In the Cool of the Day [Robert Stevens (1963)] | |
| arch. géogr. pol. château {m} de Christiansborg | Christiansborg Palace [in Copengagen, seat of the Danish Parliament, the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court of Denmark] | |
| bot. cuis. T | | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Vierges britanniques [un archipel des Antilles et un territoire d'outre-mer du Royaume-Uni] | British Virgin Islands <.vg> [also: Virgin Islands] [a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Näfels [1388] | Battle of Näfels [in 1388, a decisive victory for the Swiss Confederacy and the last battle of the Swiss-Austrian conflicts] | |
| géogr. Moluques {f.pl} [archipel situé dans l'Est de l'Indonésie] | Maluku Islands [also: the Moluccas or (historically) the Spice Islands] | |
| dans les faits {adv} | in the field [in practice] | |
| 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] | |
| arch. arts relig. iconostase {f} | iconostasis [wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church] | |
| actuellement {adv} | for the time being | |
| provisoirement {adv} | for the time being | |
| meub. en accord avec le reste du mobilier {adv} | in keeping with the rest of the furniture | |
| Le problème criant qu'on décide d'ignorer. [loc.] | The elephant in the room. [idiom] | |
| être dans l'œil du cyclone [loc.] | to be in the eye of the storm [idiom] | |
| urban habiter sur les hauteurs de la ville | to live in the upper part of the town | |
| sport prendre la balle en pleine figure | to get hit right in the face by the ball | |
| géogr. Kalmoukie {f} [aussi : république de Kalmoukie] | Kalmykia [also: Republic of Kalmykia] [republic of Russia located directly north of the North Caucasus in Eastern Europe] | |
| Unverified Je m'en fous du monde entier. [fam.] [loc.] | I couldn't give a rat's arse for anyone in the world. [Br.] [vulg.] [idiom] | |
| film littérat. F Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours [Auteur : Jules Verne (1872) ; réalisateur : Michael Anderson (1956) ; Frank Coraci (2004)] | Around the World in Eighty Days | |
| in extremis {adv} [aussi : in extrémis] | at the last minute | |
| pendant la semaine {adv} | in the week [point in time] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Auerstaedt [1806] | Battle of Auerstedt [1806] [in the two battles of Jena & Auerstedt, fought on the same day, Napoleon's army decisively defeated the Prussian Army under King Frederick William III] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Iéna [1806] | Battle of Jena [1806] [in the two battles of Jena & Auerstedt, fought on the same day, Napoleon's army decisively defeated the Prussian Army under King Frederick William III] | |
| C'est là que gît le lièvre ! [loc.] | That's the fly in the ointment! [idiom] | |
| Il va falloir mettre les valises derrière. | The suitcases will have to go in the back. | |
| trafic s'arrêter au beau milieu de la route | to halt bang in the middle of the road | |
| être encore dans les limbes [loc.] | to be in the early stages of development [also fig.] | |
| meubler la conversation | to fill the gaps in the conversation | |
| hist. pol. Directoire {m} [1795-1799] | Directory [1795-1799] [also: Directorate] [governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 1795 until 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte] | |
| édition relig. livre {m} d'heures | Book of Hours [abbreviated form of the breviary which contained the Divine Office recited in monasteries] | |
| trains en milieu de train {adv} | in the middle of the train | |
| Pierre, Paul et Jacques [fam.] | the butcher, the baker, (and) the candlestick-maker [idiom] | |
| danse tarentisme {m} | tarentism [extreme urge to dance; prevalent in southern Italy in the 15-17C] | |
| écon. sci. prix {m} de la Banque de Suède en sciences économiques en mémoire d'Alfred Nobel [aussi : prix Nobel d'économie] | Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel [also: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences] | |
| 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] | |
| au détour de la conversation {adv} | in the course of the conversation | |
| littérat. F Le Silence du jardin | The Silence in the Garden [William Trevor] | |
| À l'avenir les gens deviendront beaucoup plus âgés. | The population will become older in the future. | |
| faire entrer le loup dans la bergerie [loc.] | to put the fox in charge of the henhouse [idiom] | |
| pour l'instant {adv} | for the time being | |
