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| se compliquer [intrigue d'un livre etc.] | to thicken [of the plot of a book etc.] | |
| dépôt {m} légal | formal deposit [of a copy of a book etc. with an institution] | |
| désintégration {f} | collapse [of an empire, of a family, etc.] | |
| rhét. déclamation {f} | discourse [treatment of a subject in speech] | |
| peluche {f} | fluff [loose piece of thread etc. on clothing] | |
| méd. succomber [à ses blessures, à sa maladie, etc.] | to die [of an illness, etc.] | |
| inform. désinstallation {f} | deinstallation [uninstall a piece of software] | |
| hist. pol. Couronne {f} de fer | Iron Crown [reliquary and one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. A relic from the Kingdom of the Lombards, used for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperors as Kings of Italy] | |
| froisser qc. [papier] | to screw sth. up [Br.] [piece of paper etc.] | |
| arlequinade {f} | harlequinade [a piece of foolish or ridiculous behaviour] | |
| 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] | |
| trait {m} | line [e.g. drawn on a piece of paper] | |
| naut. ride {f} de hauban | lanyard [piece of rigging on a boat] | |
| fourche {f} [d'un arbre] [d'un pantalon] | crotch [of a tree] [of a pair of trousers] | |
| assèchement {m} [d'un marais, etc.] | reclamation [of a marsh etc.] | |
| boîtier {m} [d'une montre etc.] | casing [of a watch etc.] | |
| pol. sujet {m} [d'un monarque, etc.] | subject [of a monarch, etc.] | |
| tournée {f} [facteur, livreur, etc.] | round [of a postman, deliveryman etc.] | |
| tenace {adj} [tel une tache, etc.] | tough [stubborn, of a stain etc.] | |
| adhérent {m} [membre d'un parti, etc.] | member [of a party etc.] | |
| parution {f} [d'un livre etc.] | appearance [publication of a book etc.] | |
| tournée {f} [d'équipe, troupe, etc.] | tour [of a team, troop etc.] | |
| tech. jacquemart {m} | bell-striker [animated, mechanised figure of a person which strikes the hours on a bell with a hammer. Usually part of clocks or clocktowers] | |
| géogr. Petites Antilles {f.pl} [aussi : Petites Caraïbes] | Lesser Antilles [a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, most of which are part of an island arc between the Greater Antilles and the continent of South America] | |
| géogr. hist. Galicie {f} | Galicia [once a crown land of Austria-Hungary, the nucleus of historic Galicia lies within the modern regions of western Ukraine] | |
| laisser qn. en plan [plaquer une amie etc.] | to dump sb. [get rid of a girlfriend etc.] | |
| hist. mil. relig. ordre {m} de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem [ordre des Hospitaliers] | Knights Hospitaller [Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem] [Knights of Rhodes] [Knights of Malta] [Order of Saint John] | |
| pol. concert {m} de casseroles [aussi : casserolade] | [banging of pots and pans - a way of protesting which has a long tradition in France] | |
| ling. propositionnel {adj} | clausal [of a part of a sentence] | |
| vagabonder | to stray [esp. of animals, also of vagabonds etc.] | |
| resserré {adj} | narrow [of a street etc.] | |
| rugueux {adj} | coarse [of a surface etc.] | |
| clarté {f} | perspicuity [of a statement etc.] | |
| vêt. lacet {m} | lace [of a shoe etc.] | |
| panonceau {m} | sign [of a hotel etc.] | |
| pansage {m} | grooming [of a horse etc.] | |
| ressort {m} | spring [of a bed etc.] | |
| ruade {f} | kicking [of a horse etc.] | |
| hist. pol. maison {f} de Croÿ | House of Croÿ [a family of European mediatised nobility, elevated to the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1594] | |
| biol. souche {f} [d'un virus, etc.] | strain [variant: of a virus etc.] | |
| chantre {m} [fig.] | champion [of a cause etc.] | |
| valorisation {f} [promotion] | promotion [of a product etc.] | |
| résolution {f} [d'une question etc.] | settlement [of a question etc.] | |
| brièveté {f} | crispness [of speech] | |
| concision {f} | brevity [of speech] | |
| panonceau {m} [de profession] | plaque [of a business etc.] | |
| séparation {f} | partition [division of a country etc., section] | |
| se détraquer | to break down [of a machine etc.] | |
| film adaptation {f} cinématographique | film version [of a book etc.] | |
| film adaptation {f} cinématographique | movie version [of a book etc.] | |