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 | déjouer le système [loc.] | to game the system [idiom] [to manipulate (a situation), typically in a way that is unfair] | |
| équi. bidet {m} [fam.] [cheval] | nag [coll.] [horse - especially pne that is old or in poor condition] | |
| paradoxalement {adv} | contrarily [in a contrary or opposite way] | |
| lèse-majesté {f} | [offense against a sovereign; or, more generally, any slight or insult that wounds someone's dignity.] | |
| de mémoire d'homme {adv} [loc.] | within living memory [idiom] [within or during a time that is remembered by people still alive] | |
| cuis. mignardises {f.pl} [pâtisserie] | petit four [small sweet biscuit or cake, served after dinner or with coffee] | |
| cuis. mignardise {f} [souvent : mignardises] | petit four [small sweet biscuit or cake, served after dinner or with coffee] | |
| cuis. bouillon {m} [établissement] | [traditional (late 19c or early 20c), spacious restaurant that usually serves traditional French cuisine, in particular a Bouillon (broth)] | |
| écon. débâcle {f} [ruine] | crash [sudden failure or value loss of a market or a business, e.g. a bank] | |
| visiter (qn./qc.) | to visit (sb./sth.) [when a person, a visit to a sick person or prisoner by a doctor or priest, not a social visit] | |
| pierre {f} de touche [fig.] | touchstone [fig.] [standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognised/recognized] | |
| brusquer qn. | to rebuff sb. [reject or refuse in an unkind of unfriendly way] | |
| édition vade-mecum {m} [aussi : vadémécum] | vade mecum [handbook or guide that is kept constantly at hand for consultation] | |
| méd. sociol. soignant [paramédical] | caring {prefix} [descriptor for a person or place that gives care] | |
| pérorer au sujet de qc. | to mouth off about sth. [talk in an unpleasantly loud and boastful or opinionated way] | |
| édition journ. glose {f} | gloss [brief note on sth. in the margin or between lines in a text] | |
| arch. arts relig. retable {m} | altarpiece [structure placed on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church] | |
| arch. arts relig. retable {m} | reredos [structure placed on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church] | |
| arts polyptyque {m} | polyptych [a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels.] | |
| hist. mil. corps {m} franc | Freikorps [irregular military volunteer units, or paramilitary, that existed from 18C to the early 20C (mainly in German speaking countries)] | |
| arch. arts relig. retable {m} | retable [structure placed on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church] | |
| familier {m} | regular [e.g. in a pub or restaurant] | |
| à compter de {prep} [à partir de telle date] | from [a specific date or period in history] | |
| familière {f} | regular [female] [e.g. in a pub or restaurant] | |
| cuis. pouding {m} chômeur [can.] | poor man's pudding [Canadian speciality: basic cake batter onto which a hot syrup or caramel is poured before baking] | |
| arch. mil. contrescarpe {f} | counterscarp [outer side of a ditch or moat used in fortifications] | |
| arch. mil. escarpement {m} | scarp [inner side of a ditch or moat used in fortifications] | |
| maintenir qc. en équilibre | to balance sth. [put or keep in a position] | |
| ethn. géogr. domien {m} | [French citizen who lives in, or comes from, a Département d'Outre-Mer] | |
| ethn. géogr. domienne {f} | [female French citizen who lives in, or comes from, a Département d'Outre-Mer] | |
| cuis. méchoui {m} | [whole sheep or lamb spit-roasted on a barbecue - popular dish in North Africa] | |
| géogr. Niémen {m} [fleuve] | River Neman [also: Nemunas, Nioman, or Memel] [river that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then along the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave] | |
| cuis. spéculoos {m} [spéculos, spéculaus] | [spiced biscuit in the shape of a human or other figure, eaten at Christmas] | |
| s'acharner contre qn./qc. [victime] | to bear down on sb./sth. [approach in a determined or threatening manner] | |
| s'acharner sur qn./qc. [victime] | to bear down on sb./sth. [approach in a determined or threatening manner] | |
| faire s'effondrer qc. | to collapse sth. [cause sth. to fall down or give way] | |
| géogr. Grison {m} [homme du canton suisse des Grisons] | [a male from or living in the Grisons] | |
| géogr. Grisonne {f} [femme du canton suisse des Grisons] | [a female from or living in the Grisons] | |
| cuis. flan {m} pâtissier nature | [traditional preparation found in French patisseries, a base to which you can add fruit or other ingredients] | |
| cuis. quiche {f} lorraine | [French tart with a filling made of cream, eggs, and bacon or ham, in an open pastry case] | |
| hist. philos. relig. apollinien {adj} | Apollonian [of or relating to Apollo or his cult] | |
| vous {pron} | ye [archaic or regional] [subject or object] | |
| hist. pol. Bulle {f} d'or (de 1356) [aussi : bulle d'or de Nuremberg ou bulle d'or de Metz] | Golden Bull of 1356 [a decree which fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of the constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire] | |
| anat. méd. hexadactylie {f} | hexadactylism [the presence of six digits on one or both hands or feet] | |
| anat. méd. hexadactylie {f} | hexadactyly [the presence of six digits on one or both hands or feet] | |
| cosm. méd. de ouate {adj} | cotton [attr.] [e.g. ball or swab, bud or stick, pad, pliers] | |
| cuis. aligot {m} | aligot [dish made from cheese blended into mashed potatoes (often with some garlic) that is made in L'Aubrac region in the southern Massif Central of France] | |
| anat. méd. hexadactylie {f} | sexdactyly [hexadactyly] [the presence of six digits on one or both hands or feet] | |
| agr. zool. bête {f} à l'engrais | store [sheep, steer, cow, or pig acquired or kept for fattening] | |
| redonner dans qc. | to relapse into sth. [return to a less active or a worse state] | |
