Französisch | Englisch |
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poire de lavement nom {f} | douche [douches]◼◼◼(a syringe) |
police de la langue nom | language police◼◼◼noun |
police de la pensée nom {f} | thought police◼◼◼(a group that aims to control what other people think) |
politique de la canonnière nom {f} | gunboat diplomacy◼◼◼(the pursuit of foreign policy objectives by display of military power) |
politique de la division nom {f} | wedge politics(A strategy or pattern of behavior by a politician, political party, or advocacy group which is intended to have a divisive effect on one's political opponents or on the electorate) |
politique de la terre brûlée nom {f} | scorched-earth policy◼◼◼noun |
pomme de lait nom {f} | star apple(the fruit of a tropical tree) |
prendre au pied de la lettre verbe | take someone at their word(take someone literally even though they may not have been serious) |
prendre de la distance verbe | take a step back◼◼◼verb |
prendre de la hauteur verbe | take a step back◼◼◼verb |
prendre de la valeur verbe | appreciate [appreciated, appreciating, appreciates]◼◼◼(to increase in value) |
prépondérance de la preuve nom {f} | balance of probabilities◼◼◼(legal standard) |
pression de la vapeur nom {f} | vapor pressure [vapor pressures]◼◼◼(pressure that a vapor exerts) |
Prince de la paix nom propre {m} | Prince of Peace◼◼◼(one of the titles of the Messiah) |
prix de la fiancée nom {m} | bride price◼◼◼(sum paid to the family of the bride) |
procureur de la république [France] nom {m} | Crown prosecutor(state prosecutor) |
procureure de la Couronne [Quebec] nom {f} | Crown prosecutor(state prosecutor) |
quel jour ( [of the week] de la semaine phrase | what day is it today◼◼◼(what day is it today? (current day of the week or of the month)) |
rampe de lancement nom {f} | launch pad◼◼◼(the surface from which a launch is made) |
recensement de la population nom {m} | census [censuses]◼◼◼(official count of members of a population) |
reconnaissance automatique de la parole nom {f} | speech recognition◼◼◼(software function that processes spoken input) |
règle de la chaîne nom {f} | chain rule◼◼◼(mean value theorem) |
respectueux de la loi adjectif {m} | law-abiding◼◼◼(obeying the laws) |
rester en travers de la gorge verbe | |
Rivière-de-la-Paix nom propre | Peace River◼◼◼(river in Canada) |
route de la soie nom {f} | Silk Road◼◼◼(routes used by silk traders across Europe, Asia and northern Africa) |
s'arrêter sur le côté de la route verbe | pull over(come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder) |
Saint-Empire romain de la nation germanique nom propre {m} | Holy Roman Empire◼◼◼(state) |
sarcopte de la gale nom {m} | itch mite(Sarcoptes scabiei) |
science de la terre nom {f} | earth science◼◼◼(any of the sciences dealing with the planet Earth) |
science de la vie nom {f} | life science [life sciences]◼◼◼(science dealing with living organisms) |
sciences de la nature nom {f pl} | natural science [natural sciences]◼◼◼(science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world) |
se faire de la bile verbe | worry someone sick(reflexive) |
se foutre de la gueule verbe | take the piss◼◼◼(to mock or ridicule (transitive)) |
se foutre de la gueule de verbe | make fun of(tease, ridicule) |
se ranger sur le côté de la route verbe | pull over◼◼◼(come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder) |
se voir comme le nez au milieu de la figure adjectif | plain as the nose on one's faceadjective |
seigneur de la guerre nom {m} | warlord◼◼◼(high military officer in a warlike nation) warlord◼◼◼(local ruler or bandit leader where the government is weak) |