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 | gravir qc. [position haute] | to rise up to sth. [the top, a position] | |
| Partial Matches |
| s'insurger contre qn./qc. | to rise up against sb./sth. | |
| se montrer digne de qc. | to live up to sth. [e.g. social position] | |
| affermir qc. [consolider] [pouvoir, position] | to consolidate sth. [power, position] | |
| enfourcher qc. [cheval, bicyclette, etc] | to mount sth. [a hill, a horse, a bicycle, the throne, etc.] | |
| pol. durcir qc. [position] | to harden sth. [position] | |
| maintenir qc. en équilibre | to balance sth. [put or keep in a position] | |
| dr. faillir à qc. | to breach sth. [a contract, an agreement, a promise, the law, etc.] | |
| décrocher qc. | to unhook sth. [e.g., a wagon or take a phone off the hook] | |
| anat. calotte {f} crânienne | calvarium [top of the skull] | |
| auto tech. faire démarrer qc. [voiture, moteur] | to fire sth. up [an engine, a chainsaw, a car, etc.] | |
| mus. relig. antienne {f} | antiphon [a short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain, where the texts are the Psalms] | |
| 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.] | |
| relever qc. [objet] | to pick sth. up [from the floor / ground] | |
| 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"] | |
| ramasser qn./qc. | to pick sb./sth. up [passengers, things lying on the ground] | |
| géol. repli {m} (de terrain) | rise [in the ground] | |
| 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.] | |
| se dresser | to rise up [edifice etc.] | |
| affabuler qc. | to trump up sth. [a false accusation, excuse] | |
| pointer [tour, arbre, antenne] [se dresser] | to rise up | |
| math. pi {m} <π> | pi <π> [the symbol π denoting the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter / the ratio itself] | |
| mettre un terme à qc. | to discontinue sth. [e.g. a method, the use] | |
| renouer qc. [recommencer à faire] | to take sth. up again [idiom] | |
| comm. fin. hausser qc. [prix] | to hike sth. up [coll.] [increase a price] | |
| RadioTV capter qc. [recevoir] | to pick sth. up [e.g. a signal] | |
| adopter qc. [projet] | to take sth. up [e.g. a project] | |
| remonter (qc.) [à vélo, en véhicule] | to drive back up (sth.) | |
| trouver qc. | to come up with sth. [e.g. a suggestion] | |
| engloutir qc. [faire disparaître] | to swallow up sth. [e.g. in fog, in the night] | |
| géogr. Grandes Antilles {f.pl} | Greater Antilles [a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands] | |
| regonfler qc. [avec une pompe à main] | to pump sth. up again | |
| fermer qc. hermétiquement [bocal] | to seal sth. up [e.g. a jar] | |
| ficeler qc. [paquet] | to tie sth. up [a parcel with string etc.] | |
| rejoindre qn./qc. [se joindre à] | to meet up with sb./sth. | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Othée [1408] | Battle of Othée [in 1408 the militia and citizens of Liège suffered a heavy defeat against a professional army under John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy.] | |
| regretter qn./qc. [ressentir l'absence de] | to miss sb./sth. [e.g. a person, the past] | |
| s'élever dans les airs [fumée] | to rise up into the air | |
| défier qn./qc. [faire face à qn./qc.] | to stand up to sb./sth. | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Näfels [1388] | Battle of Näfels [in 1388, a decisive victory for the Swiss Confederacy and the last battle of the Swiss-Austrian conflicts] | |
| arch. arts relig. iconostase {f} | iconostasis [wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church] | |
| être allongé | to lie [to be in a horizontal position] | |
| regonfler [rivière] | to rise again [e.g. a river] | |
| sport chef {m} de nage | stroke [position on a rowing boat] | |
| géogr. pol. Saint-Martin {f} [aussi : le Pays de Saint-Martin] [un pays au sein du royaume des Pays-Bas] | Sint Maarten <.an, .sx> [a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean] | |
| 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] | |
| s'allonger | to lie [to be in / go into a horizontal position] | |
| géogr. Petites Antilles {f.pl} [aussi : Petites Caraïbes] | Lesser Antilles [a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, most of which are part of an island arc between the Greater Antilles and the continent of South America] | |
| égayer qc. [donner une apparence plus gaie] | to brighten sth. up [make a place etc. look more cheerful] | |
