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| 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] | |
| ethn. géogr. Aïnous {m.pl} | Ainu people [indigenous people of the lands surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk] | |
| dr. se faire recenser | to register [e.g. with the police, with the tax authority] | |
| relig. Saint-Siège {m} | Apostolic See [used today to denote the Pope as well as the Curia] | |
| arch. géogr. relig. cathédrale {f} de Salisbury | Salisbury Cathedral [also: the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary] | |
| géogr. Gambie {f} [République de Gambie] | Gambia <.gm> [Republic of The Gambia] [The Gambia] | |
| film Je m'étonne que le film ait été approuvé par la censure. | I'm surprised the film got past the censor. [Br.] | |
| cuis. salers {m} | salers [semi-hard cheese originating from Salers, in the volcanic region of the Auvergne] | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Sous-le-Vent | Leeward Islands [a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. traité {m} de Bucarest [1913] | Treaty of Bucharest [1913] [fixed the borders after the 2nd Balkan War] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de la Moskova [1812] [aussi : bataille de la Moskowa ou bataille de Borodino] | Battle of Borodino [1812] [2nd major battle during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army, but failed to gain a decisive victory] | |
| géogr. pol. Birobidjan {m} | Birobidzhan [Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near the China–Russia border] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. château {m} de Charlottenbourg | Charlottenburg Palace [was the Royal Palace in Berlin of the Hohenzollern, Kings of Prussia] | |
| liste {f} civile | Civil list [Br.] [individuals to whom money is paid by the government, typically for service to the state or as honorary pensions] | |
| mus. relig. antienne {f} | antiphon [a short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain, where the texts are the Psalms] | |
| sport placer le bus devant le but [fig.] [jouer de manière très défensive] | to park the bus in front of the goal [idiom] [aggressive defensive play] | |
| géogr. Moluques {f.pl} [archipel situé dans l'Est de l'Indonésie] | Maluku Islands [also: the Moluccas or (historically) the Spice Islands] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Troyes [1420] | Treaty of Troyes [in 1420, after victory at Agincourt, Henry V of England signed the Treaty with the wife of the demential Charles VI of France, confirming Henry as King of England AND France] | |
| hist. pol. Philippe {m} VI de Valois [1293-1350] | Philip VI of Valois [1293-1350] [also Philip the Fortunate, King of France 1328-1350. His reign was dominated by a succession dispute, resulting in the start of the 100 Years' War in 1337] | |
| psych. sci. sociol. nomologie {f} | nomology [science of the laws of the mind] | |
| C'est la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase. [loc.] [fig.] | It's the straw that broke the camel's back. [idiom] [fig.] | |
| littérat. F Gaspard des montagnes [Henri Pourrat] [1922-1931] [aussi : Les Vaillances, Farces et Aventures de Gaspard des montagnes] | The Mighty Deeds, Pranks, and Adventures of Gaspard from the Mountains | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Sioux de 1862 [aussi : soulèvement des Sioux, révolte des Dakotas ou guerre de Little Crow] | US–Dakota War of 1862 [also: Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, or Little Crow's War] | |
| géogr. pol. Curaçao {f} [un État du royaume des Pays-Bas] | Curaçao <.an, .cw> [a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Aspern-Essling [1809] [aussi : bataille d'Essling ou bataille d'Aspern] | Battle of Aspern-Essling [1809] [Napoleon occupying Vienna, tried to cross the Danube. The Austrian army drove the French army back with heavy losses. This was Napoleon's 1st personal defeat] | |
| hist. Jean {m} sans Peur [1371-1419] | John the Fearless [1371-1419] [ruled the Burgundian State as Duke from 1404 till he was murdered in 1419.] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Münster d'octobre 1648 | Treaty of Münster [October 1648] [between the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Emperor] | |
| hist. mil. pol. seconde guerre {f} de l'opium [1856-1860] | Second Opium War [1856-1860] [also: Second Anglo-Sino War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} du Bien public [1465] | War of the Public Weal [1465] [conflict between the king of France and an alliance of feudal nobles] | |
| géogr. Saint-Eustache {f} [une île des Caraïbes, territoire néerlandais d'outre-mer] | Sint Eustatius [an island in the Caribbean and a special municipality of the Netherlands] | |
| géogr. hist. comté {m} de Hollande | County of Holland [originally a State of the Holy Roman Empire and from 1433 part of the Burgundian Netherlands] | |
| anat. temporal {adj} | temporal [on the side of the head] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {m} du Métaure [207 av. J.-C.] | Battle of the Metaurus [207 BC] [Roman army routed the Carthaginian army, confirming Roman supremacy over Italy] | |
| arts hist. Les Bourgeois de Calais {m.pl} [Auguste Roden, 1889] | The Burghers of Calais [1889 sculpture by Auguste Rodin commemorating the fall of Calais to England in 1347.] | |
| fin. pol. gardien {m} de la bourse privée [aussi : trésorier du roi/reine] [responsable des dépenses de la cour du souverain britannique] | Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the King/Queen | |
| géogr. hist. pol. Nouvelle-Irlande {f} | New Ireland [Crown colony of Great Britain twice established in modern-day Maine after British forces captured the area during the American Revolutionary Wars] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Pyrrhus [280 - 275 av. J.-C.] | Pyrrhic War [280–275 BC] [between the Roman Republic and Pyrrhus, the king of Epiru] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Hattin [1187] [aussi : bataille des cornes de Hattin ou bataille de Tibériade] | Battle of Hattin [1187] [also: Battle of the Horns of Hattin] [Muslim armies under Saladin captured or killed the vast majority of the Crusader forces, and re-captured Jerusalem] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Morat [1476] | Battle of Murten [in 1476, the Duke of Burgundy was defeated twice, at Grandson and Murten, by the Swiss Confederation] | |
| géogr. hist. comté {m} de Flandre | County of Flanders [historic territory in the Low Countries founded in 862, centred around the cities of Ghent, Bruges and Ypres] | |
| hist. Piste {f} des larmes | Trail of Tears [ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the US government] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de la Montagne-Blanche [1620] | Battle of White Mountain [1620] [defeat of the Bohemian Revolt, ensuring Habsburg control for the next 300 years] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Inkerman [1854] | Battle of Inkerman [1854] [the Allies decisively defeated the Imperial Russian Army] | |
| hist. mil. relig. siège {m} d'Edesse [1144] | siege of Edessa [1144] [loss was the catalyst for the Second Crusade] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Vienne [1683] | Battle of Vienna [1683] [the Holy Roman Empire defeated the Ottoman Empire] | |
| hist. mil. pol. grand siège {m} de Malte [1565] | Great Siege of Malta [1565] [the Knights Hospitaller repelled the Ottomans] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. relig. siège {m} de Damas [1148] | siege of Damascus [1148] [crusader defeat led to the disintegration of the 2nd Crusade] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. traité {m} de Constantinople [1913] | Treaty of Constantinople [1913] [between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria] | |
| occup. pol. lord-chambellan {m} | Lord Chamberlain (of Household) [Br.] [most senior officer of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom] | |