 | French | English  | |
 | qn. pouvait | sb. could [used to be able to, was able to] | |
| Nouns |
| arch. hist. béguinage {f} | beguinage [architectural complex which was created to house beguines] | |
| hist. pol. Directoire {m} [1795-1799] | Directory [1795-1799] [also: Directorate] [governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 1795 until 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. territoire {f} de l'Inini | Inini [was an inland territory of French Guiana, administered separately between 1930 and 1946.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Napoléon {m} Bonaparte [1769-1821] [aussi : Napoléon I] | Napoleon [also: Napoléon Bonaparte ] [1769-1821] [As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 and again in 1815] | |
| 2 Words |
| hist. Prince {m} Noir | Black Prince [Edward of Woodstock (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. château {m} de Charlottenbourg | Charlottenburg Palace [was the Royal Palace in Berlin of the Hohenzollern, Kings of Prussia] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} XVI [1754-1793] | Louis XVI [1754-1793] [the last King of France from 1774 until he was guillotined and the fall of the monarchy in 1793 during the French Revolution] | |
| 3 Words |
| math. Ce qu'il fallait démontrer. <C.Q.F.D.> | Quod erat demonstrandum. <Q.E.D.> [which was to be proven] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Brouwershaven [1426] | Battle of Brouwershaven [in 1426, was part of the (1345-1490) wars over control of the Low Countries and resulted in victory for the Duke of Burgundy against mainly English forces] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Crécy [1346] | Battle of Crécy [1346, important battle in 100 years' war. French army commanded by King Philip VI was defeated by an English army led by King Edward III ] | |
| 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. mil. bataille {f} de Ligny [1815] [aussi : bataille de Fleurus] | Battle of Ligny [1815] [the last victory for Napoleon; the French army defeat of the Prussian army was not decisive] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Morat [1476] | Battle of Murten [in 1476, the Duke of Burgundy was defeated twice, at Grandson and Murten, by the Swiss Confederation] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Nancy [1477] | Battle of Nancy [in 1477, the final and decisive battle in the Burgundian Wars. The Duke of Burgundy was defeated and killed by Lorraine and Swiss forces (funded by France)] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Poitiers [1356] | Battle of Poitiers [in 1356 was the 2nd major success, after Crécy, by England under Edward, the Black Prince, against France, under King John II, in the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Waterloo [1815] [aussi : bataille de Mont-Saint-Jean ou Victoire de la Belle-Alliance] | Battle of Waterloo [1815] [Napoleon's French army was decisively defeated by the combined Anglo-Allied and Prussian armies, marking the final end of the Napoleonic Wars] | |
| Charles {m} le Téméraire [1433-1477] | Charles the Bold [was Duke of Burgundy 1467-1477. Tried and failed to turn the Burgundian State into a territorially continuous Kingdom, leading to centuries of European disputes.] | |
| hist. Jean {m} sans Peur [1371-1419] | John the Fearless [1371-1419] [ruled the Burgundian State as Duke from 1404 till he was murdered in 1419.] | |
| hist. mil. relig. siège {m} d'Edesse [1144] | siege of Edessa [1144] [loss was the catalyst for the Second Crusade] | |
| 4 Words |
| 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. bataille {f} d'Aspern-Essling [1809] [aussi : bataille d'Essling ou bataille d'Aspern] | Battle of Aspern-Essling [1809] [Napoleon occupying Vienna, tried to cross the Danube. The Austrian army drove the French army back with heavy losses. This was Napoleon's 1st personal defeat] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} des Quatre Bras [1815] | Battle of Quatre Bras [1815] [although the Anglo-Allied army defeated the left wing of Napoleon's French army, it was not decisive] | |
| 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] | |
| 5+ Words |
| occup. Il a été renvoyé mais il l'a quand même bien cherché. | He was fired but he was asking for it. | |
| bible relig. Au commencement était le Verbe, et le Verbe était auprès de Dieu, et le Verbe était Dieu. [l'évangile selon Jean] | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [Gospel according to John] | |
| auto Ce à quoi je pensais, c'était d'acheter une nouvelle auto. | What I was thinking about was buying a new car. | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Cinquième Coalition [1809] | War of the Fifth Coalition [1809] [conflicts of France, supported by its client states, against Austria in central Europe and UK in Spain. Prussia remained neutral. Austria was heavily defeated] | |
