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SEE ALSO obituary |
| journ. sociol. carnet {m} noir [annonce de décès] | obituary [notice in a paper] | |
| journ. faire-part {m} de deuil | obituary [notice in a paper] | |
Partial Matches |
| hist. vêt. poulaine {f} | Pointed toe of a shoe [a style fashionable in the 14 and 15C ] [also a shoe in such a style] | |
| pli {m} [sillon] | crease [in paper, fabric] | |
| cuis. en papillote {adj} | [cooked wrapped in greaseproof paper or foil] | |
| cuis. papillote {f} [confiserie] | chocolate candy [Am.] [wrapped in silver paper] | |
| cuis. papillote {f} [confiserie] | chocolate sweet [Br.] [wrapped in silver paper] | |
| trait {m} | line [e.g. drawn on a piece of paper] | |
| mettre qc. par écrit | to put sth. down [on paper or in writing] | |
| sport évoluer [fig.] [jouer] | to play [as a team player in a club, etc.] | |
| traverser en dehors des passages piétons {noun} | to jaywalk [Am.] [to cross a street in a heedless manner] | |
| constr. tamponner un mur | to insert a plug in a hole in a wall | |
| démarcher qn. [se présenter] | to call on sb. [pay a visit to sb., esp. in order to ask a favour] | |
| cuis. filouterie {f} de restaurant | doing a runner [Br.] [coll.] [avoiding payment of a bill in a restaurant] | |
| cuis. grivèlerie {f} | doing a runner [Br.] [coll.] [avoiding payment of a bill in a restaurant] | |
| géogr. territoire {m} de Memel [aussi : région de Klaipėda] | Klaipėda County [previously in East Prussia, now a county in Lithuania] | |
| déjouer le système [loc.] | to game the system [idiom] [to manipulate (a situation), typically in a way that is unfair] | |
| édition journ. glose {f} | gloss [brief note on sth. in the margin or between lines in a text] | |
| 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] | |
| cuis. tomme {f} | tomme [generic name given to a class of cheese produced mainly in the French Alps and in Switzerland] | |
| éduc. Plus est en vous. | [A motto used by a number of colleges, including Gordonstoun School (Scotland), roughly translated as 'There is more in you'.] | |
| pol. concert {m} de casseroles [aussi : casserolade] | [banging of pots and pans - a way of protesting which has a long tradition in France] | |
| mus. relig. antienne {f} | antiphon [a short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain, where the texts are the Psalms] | |
| cuis. homard {m} Thermidor | lobster Thermidor [lobster meat cooked in a rich wine sauce, stuffed back into a lobster shell, and browned] | |
| hist. relig. dévotion {f} moderne [devotio moderna] | Modern Devotion [devotio moderna] [a movement for relious reform, flourishing in the low countries and Germany in 1C and 15C] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Othée [1408] | Battle of Othée [in 1408 the militia and citizens of Liège suffered a heavy defeat against a professional army under John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy.] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Rossbach [1757] | Battle of Rossbach [1757] [decisive battle in 7 Years' War in which the Frederick the Great's Prussian Army defeated a much larger combined French & Austrian Army] | |
| 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.] | |
| au rez-de-chaussée {adv} | downstairs [in a house] | |
| intervenir [prendre la parole] | to interpose [in a conversation] | |
| auto faire une embardée | to swerve [in a vehicle] | |
| alcôve {f} | booth [in a restaurant] | |
| protège-barreaux {m} [lit d'enfant] | bumper [in a crib] | |
| géol. salle {f} [de grotte] | chamber [in a cavern] | |
| chronique {f} [rubrique de presse] | column [in a newspaper] | |
| case {f} [dans un tiroir] | compartment [in a drawer] | |
| constr. immo. lézarde {f} [fente] | crack [in a wall] | |
| bac {m} à légumes | crisper [in a refrigerator] | |
| adm. intercalaire {m} | divider [in a file] | |
| congélateur {m} [dans un réfrigérateur] | freezer [in a refrigerator] | |
| membre {m} du jury | judge [in a competition] | |
| éduc. sociol. taux {m} d'alphabétisation | literacy [in a population] | |
| comm. créneau {m} | niche [in a market] | |
| film personnage {m} [cinéma] | part [in a film] | |
| tour {m} [de compétition, tournoi] | round [in a competition] | |
| ling. formule {f} de politesse | salutation [in a letter] | |
| clayette {f} [dans un réfrigérateur] | shelf [in a refrigerator] | |
| étal {m} | stall [in a market] | |
| agr. box {m} [cabine pour cheval] | stall [in a stable] | |
| immo. pavillon {m} d'été | summerhouse [in a garden] | |