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| bicyc. attacher qc. à qc. [bicyclette] | to lock sth. to sth. [e.g. a bicycle] | |
| assigner qc. à qc. [valeur] | to ascribe sth. to sth. [e.g. a value] | |
| sortir qc. de qc. d'un geste rapide | to whip sth. out of sth. | |
| délayer qc. dans qc. [diluer, peinture] | to thin sth. with sth. [e.g. paint] | |
| assimiler qc. à qc. [considérer équivalent] | to consider sth. to be equivalent / tantamount to sth. | |
| approcher qc. de qc. [placer plus près de] | to bring sth. closer to sth. | |
| répandre qc. à travers qc. [nouvelle, sentiment, enseignement, religion] | to spread sth. throughout sth. | |
| laisser tomber lourdement qc. sur qc. | to plonk sth. on sth. [esp. Br.] [coll.] | |
| aligner qc. sur qc. [rendre conforme à] | to bring sth. into line with sth. | |
| arguer qc. pour faire qc. | to give sth. as a reason for doing sth. | |
| emboîter qc. dans qc. | to nest sth. in sth. [to place one part inside another] | |
| assembler qc. | to join sth. with sth. | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Calais [1346-7] | siege of Calais [part of 100 Years' War. After victory at Crécy, King Edward III of England successfully besieged Calais which remained in English hands until 1558] | |
| attacher qc. à qc. [p.ex. vélo] | to lock sth. to sth. [e.g. bike] | |
| prétexter de qc. pour faire qc. | to use sth. as an excuse for doing sth. | |
| mesurer le succès de qc. à qc. | to gauge the success of sth. by sth. | |
| privilégier qc. sur qc. d'autre | to give more importance to sth. than to sth. else | |
| trouver le juste milieu entre deux choses | to strike a balance between sth. and sth. | |
| rejeter la responsabilité de qc. sur qc. | to assign the blame for sth. to sth. | |
| verser qc. dans qc. à l'aide d'une pelle | to shovel sth. into sth. | |
| s'autoriser de qc. pour faire qc. | to use sth. as an excuse to do sth. | |
| jeter une passerelle entre qc. et qc. [fig.] | to provide a link between sth. and sth. | |
| géogr. hist. pol. Confédération {f} du Rhin [1806-1813] [aussi : États confédérés du Rhin] | Confederation of the Rhine [1806-1813] [formal: Confederated States of the Rhine] [German client states established after Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Schönbrunn [1809] [aussi : traité de Vienne] | Treaty of Schönbrunn [1809] [also: Peace of Schönbrunn or Treaty of Vienna] [after France's victory at Wagram, signed between France and Austria, ending the 5th Coalition] | |
| annexer qc. à qc. | to enclose sth. with sth. [place sth. in an envelope together with a letter] | |
| à cheval entre qc. et qc. {adv} [fig.] [p. ex. entre deux villages] | situated between sth. and sth. | |
| hist. pol. maison {f} de Hanovre [1635-1918] | House of Hanover [1635-1918] [also: House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover line] [German royal house that ruled Hanover, Great Britain, and Ireland at various times during the 17C to 20C] | |
| occup. concilier qc. avec qc. [p. ex. famille et travail] | to balance sth. with sth. [e.g. work and family] | |
| hist. pol. Grand Privilège {m} des Pays de par-deçà [1477] | Great Privilege [an instrument signed by Mary of Burgundy in 1477, following death of her father at Battle of Nancy. It reconfirmed the rights of Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut, and Holland] | |
| consacrer qc. à qc. [temps, effort] | to put sth. into sth. [invest time, effort] | |
| concevoir qc. [produit, système, projet] (pour faire qc.) | to design sth. (to do sth.) | |
| cuis. entrelarder qc. de qc. [aussi fig.] | to lard sth. with sth. [also fig.] | |
| anat. bot. sylv. ramifier qc. [tronc, tige, nerf, veine] (en qc.) | to branch sth. (to sth.) | |
| ouvrir la voie à qc. | to clear the way (for sth./for sth. to happen) [fig.] | |
| hist. rafle {f} du Vél d'Hiv [1942] [Vélodrome d'Hiver] | Vel' d'Hiv' Roundup [1942] [mass arrest of foreign Jewish families by French police and gendarmes at the behest of the German authorities] | |
| concevoir qc. [produit, système, projet] (pour qc.) | to design sth. (for sth.) | |
| dénicher qc. [ennemi, animal] (de qc.) | to flush sth. out (of sth.) | |
| tech. émulsifier sth. | to emulsify sth. | |
| hist. pol. Jean {m} II le Bon [1319-1364] | John II the Good [1319-1364] [King of France 1350-1364 but spent much time in captivity in London after defeat at Battle of Poitiers in 1356] | |
| intégrer qc. [chapitres, articles] (à qc.) | to include sth. (into sth.) | |
| intégrer qc. [chapitres, articles] (à qc.) | to insert sth. (into sth.) | |
| agrémenter qc. [texte] (de qc.) | to liven sth. up (with sth.) | |
| agrémenter qc. [jardin] (de qc.) | to brighten sth. up (with sth.) | |
| agrémenter qc. [réunion] (de qc.) | to cheer sth. up (with sth.) | |
| meubler qc. (avec qc.) [maison, pièce] | to furnish sth. (with sth.) | |
| concevoir qc. [phénomène, activité] (comme qc.) | to see sth. (as sth.) | |
| meubler qc. (de qc.) [maison, pièce] | to furnish sth. (with sth.) | |
| garnir qc. [coussin, fauteuil] (de qc.) | to stuff sth. (with sth.) | |
| cuis. enrober qc. de qc. [fruits, dragées, etc. de chocolat, etc.] | to coat sth. with sth. [e.g. with chocolate] | |
| méd. brûler qc. (à qc.) | to cauterize sth. (with sth.) [Am.] | |