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| math. phys. théorie {f} d'Everett [aussi: l'interprétation d'Everett, théorie des états relatifs ou théorie des mondes multiples] | many-worlds interpretation <MWI> [also: the relative state formulation or the Everett interpretation] | |
| projeter qc. [prévoir] | to plan sth. [have in mind to do] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} des Pyramides [1798] | Battle of the Pyramids [1798] [also: Battle of Embabeh] [French army, under Napoleon Bonaparte, scored a decisive victory, wiping out almost the entire Ottoman army located in Egypt] | |
| agr. équi. occup. gardian {m} [mérid.] [cavalier qui garde et conduit une manade] | gardian [mounted cattle herdsman in the Camargue delta in Provence] | |
| se tirer de qc. [situation, difficultés] | to come through sth. [situation, difficulties] | |
| pourrissement {m} [de situation, conflit] | deterioration [situation, conflict] | |
| se dégrader [relation, situation] | to aggravate [situation, condition] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Lützen [1813] | Battle of Lützen [1813] [despite enormous losses in Russian Campaign, Napoleon halted the advance of the Sixth Coalition] | |
| myth. Parques {f.pl} | Parcae [also: the Fates] [female personifications of destiny who directed the lives (and deaths) of humans and gods in Roman mythology] | |
| hist. pol. Sérénissime Maison {f} de Bragance | Most Serene House of Braganza [also: Brigantine Dynasty] [a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Americas] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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. siège {m} d'Orléans [1428/9] | siege of Orléans [1428/9] [the watershed of the 100 Years' War with a major victory for the French Royal Army with Joan of Arc] | |
| mission {f} quasi impossible | herding cats [idiom] [trying to bring order to a chaotic situation] | |
| gestion {f} [de situation, crise, d'information] | handling [e.g. of a crisis] | |
| mal se conduire | to misbehave | |
| difficile {adj} [problème, situation] | tricky [problem, situation] | |
| calmer qc. [situation] | to defuse sth. [situation] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Talavera [1809] | Battle of Talavera [1809] [major battle in the Peninsular War where British & Spanish forces defeated the Napoleonic Army outside Madrid] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. République {f} de Gênes | Republic of Genoa [a historic maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 on the northwestern Italian coast, incorporating Corsica from 1347 to 1768.] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Finkenstein [1807] | Treaty of Finckenstein [1807] [concluded between France and Persia (modern-day Iran) in the Finckenstein Palace (now Kamieniec, Poland) formalising the Franco-Persian alliance] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Lunéville [1801] | Treaty of Lunéville [signed in 1801 by the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, following the Battle of Marengo] | |
| relig. évêque {m} de Winchester | Bishop of Winchester [diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester, one of the oldest and most important in England] | |
| géogr. Saba {f} [une île néerlandaise qui se situe dans le nord des Petites Antilles] | Saba [a Caribbean island which is the smallest special municipality of the Netherlands] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. relig. Séparation {f} des Églises d'Orient et d'Occident | East–West Schism [split of Christianity between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, beginning in 1054] | |
| être empêtré dans qc. [fig.] [loc.] [situation difficile] | to be deep in sth. [idiom] [difficult situation] | |
| suivre une partie | to follow a game [watch or listen to the proceedings] | |
| constr. tamponner un mur | to insert a plug in a hole in a wall | |
| sport évoluer [fig.] [jouer] | to play [as a team player in a club, etc.] | |
| 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. 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] | |
| 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. Bonaire {f} [une île dans les Petites Antilles et une commune néerlandaise] | Bonaire <.an, .nl> [a "Caribbean public body" within the country of the Netherlands] | |
| dr. hist. Miroir {m} des Saxons | Sachsenspiegel [the most important law book of the Holy Roman Empire, originating around 1220 as a record of existing customary law] | |
| net {adj} [situation] | clear-cut [situation] | |
| hist. pol. rafle {f} de Marseille [1943] | Marseille roundup [1943] [systematic deportation of the Jews of Marseille in the Old Port] | |
| relig. marabout {m} | marabout [Muslim religious leader and teacher in West Africa, and (historically) in the Maghreb] | |
| auto transp. aller avec qn. [à bord du même véhicule] | to ride with sb. [in a vehicle] | |
| cuis. grivèlerie {f} | doing a runner [Br.] [coll.] [avoiding payment of a bill in a restaurant] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Vitoria [1813] | Battle of Vitoria [1813] [combined British, Portuguese and Spanish army broke the French army leading to victory in the Peninsular War] | |
| arch. hist. pol. château {m} de Fontainebleau | Palace of Fontainebleau [also: Château de Fontainebleau] [the medieval castle and subsequent palace served as a residence for the French monarchs from Louis VII to Napoleon III] | |
| hist. mil. pol. convention {f} de Tauroggen [1812] | Convention of Tauroggen [1812] [armistice between Prussia and Russia, which triggered an ininsurgency against Napoleon in the Confederation of the Rhine] | |
| traverser en dehors des passages piétons {noun} | to jaywalk [Am.] [to cross a street in a heedless manner] | |
| hist. pol. Pragmatique Sanction {f} [1549] | Pragmatic Sanction [edict issued by Charles, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1549 reorganising the Seventeen Provinces of the present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg into one indivisible territory] | |
| cuis. filouterie {f} de restaurant | doing a runner [Br.] [coll.] [avoiding payment of a bill in a restaurant] | |