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 | 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.] | |
| littérat. F Demande à la poussière | Ask the Dust [John Fante (1939)] | |
| ethn. géogr. Les Gullah {m.pl} | The Gullah {pl} [African American ethnic group who predominantly live in the south-eastern Lowcountry region of the U.S.] | |
| être de plain-pied | to be on the ground floor [Br.] | |
| arch. constr. se trouver en étage | to be above the first floor [Am.] | |
| danse se lancer sur la piste de danse | to take the floor | |
| La parole est à vous. | The floor is yours. [fig.] | |
| arch. constr. se trouver en étage | to be above the ground floor [Br.] | |
| se retrouver couché par terre | to find oneself lying on the floor | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {m} de Marchfeld [1278] | Battle on the Marchfeld [1278] [decisive event for the history of Central Europe for the following centuries when the German king Rudolph I of Habsburg defeated king Ottokar II of Bohemia] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Vereeniging [1902] | Treaty of Vereeniging [1902] [ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other] | |
| battre qn. à plates coutures [loc.] | to wipe the floor with sb. [idiom] | |
| donner la parole à qn. [loc.] | to give the floor to sb. [idiom] | |
| habiter en dessous de chez qn. | to live on the floor below sb. | |
| demander la suspension de la séance | to ask for the session to be adjourned | |
| demander que le travail soit terminé | to ask for the work to be completed | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de l'Allia [387] | Battle of the Allia [387] [the Senones, a Gallic tribe. routed the Romans and sacked Rome] | |
| danse entraîner qn. sur la piste de danse | to take sb. onto the dance floor | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Deux-Roses | War of the Roses [series of civil wars in England between 1455 and 1487, when the House of Lancaster and the House of York fought for control of the throne of England] | |
| hist. Philippe {m} le Bon [Philippe III de Bourgogne] [1396-1467] | Philip the Good [1396-1467] [Duke of Burgundy 1419 until death. During his reign, the Burgundian State reached the apex of its prosperity and prestige, and became a leading centre of the arts] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de la Bérézina [1812] [aussi : passage de la Bérézina ou bataille de Borissov] | Battle of (the) Berezina [1812] [also: Battle of Beresina] [final conflict in Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the French but the outcome was not decisive] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Le traité {m} de Tournai [1385] | The Peace of Tournai [1385, between the Burgundian Duke Philip II and the rebellious city of Ghent] | |
| bible relig. Au commencement était le Verbe, et le Verbe était auprès de Dieu, et le Verbe était Dieu. [l'évangile selon Jean] | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [Gospel according to John] | |
| danse aller sur la piste de danse | to take the floor [stand up and start dancing] | |
| arts hist. mil. monument {m} de la Bataille des Nations | Monument to the Battle of the Nations [commemorates the defeat of Napoleon's French army at Leipzig in 1813] | |
| Plus ça change, plus ça reste la même chose. [1849] [Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr] | The more it changes, the more it's the same thing. [often quoted in French] | |
| fin. demander à connaître le solde de son compte | to ask to know the balance of your account | |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Patay [1429] | Battle of Patay [in 1429, the culminating engagement of the Loire Campaign of the 100 Years' War, when the French cavalry inflicted a severe defeat on the English.] | |
| tourisme trains VocVoy. Adressez-vous au bureau d'information. | Go and ask at the information desk. | |
| géogr. pol. duché {m} de Bourgogne | Duchy of Burgundy [emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. République {f} batave [1795-1806] | Batavian Republic [1795-1806] [successor to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, becoming the first of the "sister-republics", and later part of the French Empire of Napoleon] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1856] | Treaty of Paris [1856] [ended the Crimean War between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom, the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} du Champ du Sang [1119] [aussi : bataille de l'Ager Sanguinis] | Battle of the Field of Blood [1119] [also: Battle of Ager Sanguinis, Battle of Sarmada, or the Battle of Balat] [Crusader army annihilated by the army of the Artuqid ruler of Aleppo] | |
| hist. Charles {m} III le Simple [879-929] | Charles the Simple [879-929] [also: Charles the Straightforward] [ King of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 923. A member of the Carolingian dynasty] | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Lucaye | Lucayan Archipelago [also: Bahama Archipelago] [an island group in the western North Atlantic Ocean comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands] | |
| hist. pol. serment {m} du Jeu de paume [1789] | Tennis Court Oath [a pivotal event in the French Revolution. In 1789, the members of the French Third Estate voted "not to separate until the Constitution of the kingdom is established"] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1856] | Treaty of Paris of 1856 [to end the Crimean War between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, the 2nd French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} des champs Catalauniques [451] [aussi: bataille de Campus Mauriacus] | Battle of the Catalaunian Plains [451] [Western Roman Empire defeated the Hunnic Empire] [also: Battle of the Campus Mauriacus] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} du Solent [1545] [aussi : bataille du Portsmouth] | Battle of the Solent [1545] [inconclusive engagement (during the Italian Wars) between the fleets of Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England] | |
| hist. mil. pol. chute {f} de Constantinople [1453] [Aussi : prise de Constantinople] | Fall of Constantinople [in 1453, the Ottoman Empire captured the capital of the Byzantine Empire, marking its end, and effectively the end of the Roman Empire] | |
| géogr. hist. Kennemerland {m} | Kennemerland [coastal region in the northwestern Netherlands, its name comes from the Kennemer people, who were Frisians that fought with the Counts of Holland and lost in the Middle Ages] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Hochstett [1704] [aussi : bataille de Blenheim ou deuxième bataille de Höchstädt] | Battle of Blenheim [1704] [major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession when the overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Karlowitz [1699] | Treaty of Karlowitz [1699] [concluded the Great Turkish War of 1683–1697, establishing the Habsburg monarchy as the dominant power of the region] | |
| hist. Philippe {m} II le Hardi [1342-1404] | Philip II the Bold [1342-1404] [Duke of Burgundy and founder of the Burgundian branch of the House of Valois] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} d'Aboukir [1798] | Battle of the Nile [1798] [also: Battle of Aboukir Bay] [decisive naval battle - after Napoleon landed his army, Nelson destroyed the French fleet, trapping the French army in Egypt] | |
| hist. relig. l'Inquisition {f} espagnole [aussi : tribunal du Saint-Office de l'Inquisition] | the Spanish Inquisition [also: Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition] | |
| plus ... plus {adv} | the more ... the more | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Castille | Kingdom of Castile [large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. In 1479, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain.] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. sac {m} de Liège [1468] | sacking of Liège [in 1468, after an uprising, the Duke of Burgundy ordered the town to be razed to the ground and a quarter of the inhabitants were killed.] | |
