| French | English | |
| cuis. œnol. sabrage {m} | sabrage [opening a champagne bottle with a sabre] | |
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| 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] | |
| cuis. canelé {m} | [small French pastry flavored with rum and vanilla with a soft and tender custard center and a dark, thick caramelized crust] | |
| Soyez les bienvenus ! | You are welcome! [as a greeting] [said to a group with at least one male] | |
| occup. aboyeur {m} [fam.] [personne] | barker [person who stands at a show entrance and solicits customers with a loud sales spiel] | |
| occup. aboyeuse {f} [fam.] [personne] | barker [female] [person who stands at a show entrance and solicits customers with a loud sales spiel] | |
| arch. géogr. hist. tour {f} d'Hercule | Tower of Hercules [oldest extant lighthouse known, with an ancient Roman origin, on a peninsula near A Coruña, Galicia, Spain] | |
| bouchon {m} | cork [of a bottle] | |
| dépôt {m} légal | formal deposit [of a copy of a book etc. with an institution] | |
| dessous-de-bouteille {m} | coaster [drip mat for a bottle] | |
| supplice {m} du collier | necklacing [forcing a rubber tyre drenched with petrol around a victim's chest and arms, and setting it on fire] | |
| visiter (qn./qc.) | to visit (sb./sth.) [when a person, a visit to a sick person or prisoner by a doctor or priest, not a social visit] | |
| constr. mil. embrasure {f} | embrasure [opening in a fortification for firing of cannons (earlier arrows)] | |
| enfourcher qc. [cheval, bicyclette, etc] | to mount sth. [a hill, a horse, a bicycle, the throne, etc.] | |
| écon. débâcle {f} [ruine] | crash [sudden failure or value loss of a market or a business, e.g. a bank] | |
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| épanoui {adj} | beaming [with a smile] | |
| faire feu | to fire [with a gun] | |
| verrouillé {adj} {past-p} | bolted [locked with a bolt] | |
| dessiné {adj} {past-p} | drawn [with a pencil etc.] | |
| arch. ogival {adj} | ogival [with a pointed arch] | |
| dr. inculper qn. [accuser] | to charge sb. [with a crime] | |
| fouetter qn. | to lash sb. [with a whip] | |
| jeux sauter à la corde | to skip [with a skipping rope] | |
| tutoiement {m} | [addressing a person with 'tu'] | |
| littérat. philos. roman {m} à thèse | [novel with a philosophical message] | |
| cuis. outil. hachoir {m} berceuse | chopper [with a curved blade] | |
| se chronométrer | to time oneself [with a stopwatch] | |
| anat. fossette {f} au menton | cleft chin [with a dimple] | |
| hist. vêt. poulaine {f} | Pointed toe of a shoe [a style fashionable in the 14 and 15C ] [also a shoe in such a style] | |
| de façon rayonnante {adv} | luridly [with a fiery glow] [literary] | |
| fouetter qn. | to birch sb. [flog with a rod] | |
| river qc. | to clinch sth. [with a rivet etc.] | |
| tirer (qc.) | to fire (sth.) [bullet, with a gun] | |
| cingler qn./qc. | to lash sb./sth. [with a whip] | |
| tomber en faisant plouf | to plop [fall with a wet sound] | |
| armes tirer (qc.) [une fléchette, avec une arme] | to shoot (sth.) [dart, with a gun] | |
| balafrer qn. [avec un couteau, etc.] | to slash sb. [with a knife etc.] | |
| chronométrer qn./qc. | to time sb./sth. [with a stopwatch] | |
| toaster à qn. | to toast sb. [salute with a drink] | |
| adm. pol. collectivité {f} territoriale | [region with a measure of autonomy] | |
| audio phys. acoustique {f} | acoustics [used with a singular verb] | |
| audio électr. électroacoustique {f} | electroacoustics [used with a singular verb] | |
| haler qc. [tirer à soi avec une corde] | to haul sth. in [with a rope] | |
| astron. balayer le ciel [avec un télescope] | to scan the sky [with a telescope] | |
| cuis. spiritueux | spirituous [rare] [with a high alcohol content] | |
| étrangler qn./qc. [avec une ligature] | to garotte sb./sth. [strangle with a ligature] | |
| étrangler qn./qc. [avec une ligature] | to garrotte sb./sth. [strangle with a ligature] | |
| comm. écon. mettre qc. en gage | to pawn sth. [deposit sth. with a pawnbroker] | |
| crayonner qc. | to pencil sth. [write / draw with a pencil] | |