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 | lointain {adj} | 4 distant [place, future, memory] | |
| au lieu-dit ... {adv} | at ... [named place] | |
| méd. sociol. soignant [paramédical] | caring {prefix} [descriptor for a person or place that gives care] | |
| crade {adj} | grotty [Br.] [coll.] [thing, place: dirty, unpleasant] | |
| géogr. intérieur {adj} [de l'intérieur des terres] | inland [place, town: interior] | |
| désert {adj} | lonesome [Am.] [place: unfrequented] | |
| déserté {adj} | lonesome [Am.] [place: unfrequented] | |
| peu fréquenté {adj} | lonesome [Am.] [place: unfrequented] | |
| sédentaire {adj} | settled [living in one place] | |
| en {prep} [lieu où l'on va] | to [place where one's going] | |
| Verbs |
| emmener qn. | 7 to take sb. [to a different place] | |
| aboucher qc. [tube, tuyau] | to butt sth. [place end-to-end] | |
| aiguiller qn. [vers un endroit] | to direct sb. [to a place] | |
| se passer | to go [happen, take place, proceed] | |
| aborder qc. [lieu] | to reach sth. [place] | |
| accéder à qc. [atteindre] [lieu] | to reach sth. [place] | |
| reprendre possession de qc. | to reclaim sth. [place, territory] | |
| convoquer qn. [employé] | to summon sb. [notify to appear at a specified place] | |
| Nouns |
| recoin {m} | corner [place] | |
| caractère {m} familier | familiarity [of face, place] | |
| relig. martyre {m} | Gethsemane [fig.] [place or occasion of great suffering] | |
| habitation {f} | habitation [place of residence] | |
| havre {m} de paix | harbor [Am.] [place of refuge] | |
| havre {m} de paix | harbour [Br.] [place of refuge] | |
| lieu {m} de prédilection | haunt [coll.] [place frequented] | |
| cachette {f} | hide [hiding place] | |
| waters {m.pl} [fam.] [vieilli] [lieu, objet] | lavatory [place, object] | |
| géogr. Oahu {f} [île de l'archipel d'Hawaï] | Oahu [also: The Gathering Place] | |
| taudis {m} [endroit] | pigsty [fig.] [filthy place] | |
| intimité {f} [d'un endroit] | seclusion [of a place] | |
| pouillerie {f} [endroit] | squalor [filthy place] | |
| halte {f} | stop [break, pause, stopping place] | |
| transp. étape {f} [lieu d'arrêt] | stop [stopping place] | |
| lieu {m} de rencontre | venue [arranged meeting place] | |
| relig. profanation {f} [de temple, tombe] | violation [of a sacred place] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| être licencié | to be dismissed [from a place of work] | |
| égayer qc. [donner une apparence plus gaie] | to brighten sth. up [make a place etc. look more cheerful] | |
| annexer qc. à qc. | to enclose sth. with sth. [place sth. in an envelope together with a letter] | |
| prendre la direction de qc. [orientation] | to head towards sth. [place] | |
| accéder à qc. [lieu] | to lead to sth. [place] | |
| emboîter qc. dans qc. | to nest sth. in sth. [to place one part inside another] | |
| s'aventurer dans qc. [place] | to venture into sth. [place] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| myth. écuries {f.pl} d'Augias | Augean stables [fig. - filthy place / corrupt condition] | |
| irruption {f} [entrée soudaine et violente de personnes dans un lieu] | bursting in [of people into a place] | |
| atmosphère {f} inquiétante | disturbing atmosphere [of a place] | |
| atmosphère {f} inquiétante | eerie atmosphere [of a place] | |
| endroit {m} préféré | stomping ground [place] | |
| géol. muche {f} | underground tunnel [hiding place, typically found in Northern France] | |
| atmosphère {f} inquiétante | unsettling atmosphere [of a place] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| connaître qn./qc. | to be acquainted with sb./sth. [person, place, subject] | |
| loc. se tenir à quatre [loc.] | to bite one's lip [idiom] [to avoid saying something out of place] | |
| s'empresser de retourner à qc. | to hurry back to sth. [place] | |
| habiter (à / dans) qc. [adresse (lieu, pays)] | to live at / in sth. [place] | |
| avoir vue sur qc. [loc.] [lieu : donner sur] | to look on to sth. [idiom] [place: have a view of] | |
| avoir vue sur qc. [loc.] [lieu : donner sur] | to look out on sth. [idiom] [place: have a view of] | |
| avoir vue sur qc. [loc.] [lieu : donner sur] | to look out over sth. [idiom] [place: have a view of] | |
| avoir vue sur qc. [loc.] [lieu: donner sur] | to look out upon sth. [idiom] [place: have a view of] | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| 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] | |
