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| inciter qn. à qc. | to put sb. up to sth. [coll.] [to encourage sb. to do sth. (wrong or unwise)] | |
| entraîner qn. à faire qc. | to put sb. up to sth. [coll.] [to encourage sb. to do sth. (wrong or unwise)] | |
| édition journ. glose {f} | gloss [brief note on sth. in the margin or between lines in a text] | |
| cuis. bouillon {m} [établissement] | [traditional (late 19c or early 20c), spacious restaurant that usually serves traditional French cuisine, in particular a Bouillon (broth)] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. la Reconquista {f} [la Reconquête] | The Reconquista [period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Battle of Covadonga (718 or 722) and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492] | |
| hist. droit {m} de cuissage | droit du seigneur [supposed legal right in medieval Europe, allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women, in particular, on the wedding nights of the women] | |
| hist. droit {m} de cuissage | ius primae noctis [supposed legal right in medieval Europe, allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women, in particular, on the wedding nights of the women] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. duché {m} de Clèves [1417-1815] | Duchy of Cleves [1417-1815] [a State of the Holy Roman Empire, situated in the northern Rhineland, today part in Germany and part in the Netherlands] | |
| 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"] | |
| cuis. spéculoos {m} [spéculos, spéculaus] | [spiced biscuit in the shape of a human or other figure, eaten at Christmas] | |
| hist. vêt. poulaine {f} | Pointed toe of a shoe [a style fashionable in the 14 and 15C ] [also a shoe in such a style] | |
| mus. relig. antienne {f} | antiphon [a short chant in Christian ritual, sung as a refrain, where the texts are the Psalms] | |
| 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.] | |
| chasse mus. appeau {m} [pipeau] | call [instrument for imitating a particular bird or other animal] | |
| 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.] | |
| déjouer le système [loc.] | to game the system [idiom] [to manipulate (a situation), typically in a way that is unfair] | |
| spécialiste {m} borné | nerd [coll.] [obsessive expert in a particular field] | |
| marcher | to pan out [coll.] [idiom] [develop in a particular way] | |
| spécialiste {f} bornée | nerd [female] [coll.] [obsessive expert in a particular field] | |
| hist. pol. Philippe {m} VI de Valois [1293-1350] | Philip VI of Valois [1293-1350] [also Philip the Fortunate, King of France 1328-1350. His reign was dominated by a succession dispute, resulting in the start of the 100 Years' War in 1337] | |
| 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.] | |
| géogr. hist. duché {m} de Brabant | Duchy of Brabant [a State of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183. Most of the duchy's former territories, are in today's Belgium except for the Dutch province of North Brabant] | |
| arch. arts relig. retable {m} | reredos [structure placed on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church] | |
| arch. arts relig. retable {m} | retable [structure placed on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church] | |
| arch. arts relig. retable {m} | altarpiece [structure placed on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church] | |
| décrocher qc. | to unhook sth. [e.g., a wagon or take a phone off the hook] | |
| 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.] | |
| mieux loti {adj} | better off [in a better situation] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Rossbach [1757] | Battle of Rossbach [1757] [decisive battle in 7 Years' War in which the Frederick the Great's Prussian Army defeated a much larger combined French & Austrian Army] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| être logé à la même enseigne [loc.] | to be in the same boat [idiom] [be in the same situation] | |
| 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] | |
| géogr. Saint-Eustache {f} [une île des Caraïbes, territoire néerlandais d'outre-mer] | Sint Eustatius [an island in the Caribbean and a special municipality of the Netherlands] | |
| écon. débâcle {f} [ruine] | crash [sudden failure or value loss of a market or a business, e.g. a bank] | |
| arch. arts relig. iconostase {f} | iconostasis [wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church] | |
| hist. mil. journée {f} des Harengs [1429] [bataille des harengs] [bataille de Rouvray] | Battle of the Herrings [Battle of Rouvray] [in 1429, part of the siege of Orléans in the 100 Years' War. English forces decisively defeated French forces attempting to intercept a supply convoy.] | |
| géogr. lagune {f} de Courlande | Curonian Lagoon [also: Curonian Bay or Curonian Gulf] [a freshwater lagoon separated from the Baltic Sea by the Curonian Spit] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Friedland [1807] | Battle of Friedland [1807] [Napoleon and the French Army won a decisive victory, routing much of the Russian army. The battlefield was in East Prussia, today Kaliningrad Oblast, Pravdinsk, Russia] | |
| hist. pol. Banquet {m} du Vœu du faisan [1454] | Banquet of the Oath of the Pheasant [in 1454, the Duke of Burgundy gave this banquet to promote a Crusade (which never took place) against the Turks who had just taken Constantinople] | |
| hist. pol. Frédéric {m} II de Prusse [1712-1786] [aussi : Frédéric le Grand or le vieux Fritz] | Frederick II [1712-1786] [also: Frederick the Great or The Old Fritz] [King of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| cuis. tomme {f} | tomme [generic name given to a class of cheese produced mainly in the French Alps and in Switzerland] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Sempach [1386] | Battle of Sempach [1386] [decisive victory for the Old Swiss Confederacy against Austria - a turning point in the growth of Switzerland] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} d'Aragon | Kingdom of Aragon [a medieval and early modern kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula. In 1479, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain.] | |