-
121 spontex
n. m. 'Old soak', habitual drunkard. ( Spontex is the well-known brand- name of a household sponge, and like many others has drifted into colloquial language.) -
122 vapes
n. f. pl.1. (abbr. vapeurs). Tomber dans les vapes: To 'flake out', to faint. ( Vapes refers directly to 'the vapours'.) Etre dans les vapes:a To be 'out cold', to be unconscious.b (fig. & iron.): To be totally out of touch with reality (not so much 'not with it' as incapable in the eyes of others of coping or making coherent comments).2. (abbr. bains de vapeur): Turkish baths. -
123 IEP
popularly referred to as Sciences Po, IEP are selective-entry schools of politics and economics, within the French university system. There are currently nine IEP, the most prestigious of them being the IEP de Paris. IEP provide a rounded multidisciplinary higher education and training for future leaders of the private sector and the civil service. They also prepare students for the gruelling competitive entry exams for the ENA, France's top school of administration, and other graduate schools. Students follow courses in politics and economics, but also languages, sociology, history and geography; this multidisciplinary approach, while going against the grain of many traditional concepts of higher education, is popular in France, and is much appreciated by students and employers. Graduates obtain a first degree or a masters degree, depending on the point of exit. The Paris IEP was founded in 1872, the others after the Second World War. See Higher Education. -
124 Impressionists
Name given to a group of avant-garde artists working in Paris and elsewhere, mainly in France, from the 1870s to the 1920s. Though frequently called the "French Impressionists", the Impressionists were actually an international group, and as well as the French painters Monet, Manet, Cézanne, Renoir, Pissaro and Degas, major artists from the group included the Dutch painter Van Gogh, the English painter Sisley and the American Mary Cassat, among others. The name "Impressionists" was taken from the title of a painting by Claude Monet displayed at an exhibition of works by avant-garde artists in Paris in 1874. The name rapidly became used to describe a style of figurative painting concerned more with the effects of light and colour on objects and scenes, than with objective portrayal of these objects, scenes or people. The vivid techniques of colour and light effects pioneered by the Impressionists had a lasting impact on the development of art in the twentieth century; in particular they influenced the significant movements in European art, including pointillism and the post-impressionists such as Signac, Fauvism with the works of Matisse and Vlaminck, the Nabis such as Bonnard and Vuillard, and even Cubism.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Impressionists
-
125 Lycée Professionnel
(also known as LP, formerly LEP): high-school preparing students for entry into specialised trades. Students in Lycées Professionnels work to obtain diplomas in their particular specialisation. The basic diploma is the CAP (Certificat d'aptitude professionnel), the standard qualification for entry into a number of crafts or trades. Alternatively they work beyond the CAP for a BEP (Brevet d'études professionnelles) which can lead on to the a Baccalauréat professionnel, giving access to higher education. Lycées Professionnels are specialised in a particular field, for example Lycée hôtelier, Lycée du bâtiment, Lycée du bois. Some are in the state sector, others are private establishments.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Lycée Professionnel
-
126 Midi
Litterally speaking, Midi means midday, but the word has come also to designate the south of France, i.e. the part over which the sun stands at midday, when seen from a northern perspective. As a spatial concept, the word Midi is very vague, and there is no specific point at which a traveller from the north enters the Midi. For some it is a small area, just including the Mediterranean coastal plain and its direct hinterland, a region characterised by mediterranean climate and vegetation. For others it is anywhere south of the level of Valence, or even south of a line betwenLyon and Bordeaux. The word is included in the name of the region Midi Pyrénées (see below), which thus has a strong claim to be considered as part of the Midi. Alternatively, the Midi is perceived as equivalent to the historic area of Occitania, the southern half of France where people spoke dialects of Occitanian French rather than dialects of the standard French of the Ile de France.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Midi
-
127 Voile, port de la
La Voile, as a issue in modern France, refers to the Muslim veil, or hijab. The question began to become an issue in the late 1980s and early 1990's, when increasing numbers of girls from Muslim families began turning up at school wearing Islamic headscarves. France's state education system is founded on strict principles of laïcité (secularism), but the 1904 law on laïcité did not address the question of the wearing of Islamic headscarves. Consequently, school principals were dealing with the issue on an ad hoc basis, and with contradictory jusgements, some tolerating the veil, others banning it from school. The situation became untenable, and in March 2004, Parliament passed a law banning the wearing of 'ostentation signs of religion' in schools, including Islamic veils, the Jewish kippa and large crosses. Since then, the controversy has died down, and there has been a sharp fall in the number of pupils trying to come to school wearing forbidden items.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Voile, port de la
-
128 ZUP
largescale public housing projects ( grands ensembles) set up in France between 1959 and 1967, to cater for the rapidly increasing urban population. By the 1990s, the term ZUP had come to be used in the sense of problem estates or sink estates, though this was by no means always the case. While some ZUP, such as le Val-Fourré in the north-west suburbs of Paris, or les Minguettes, a development of 9200 apartments in the suburbs of Lyon, were truly problem estates, others had less problems. Many of the worst ZUPs have been partly or largely demolished and are in the process of renovation as more people-friendly environments.
См. также в других словарях:
Others — may refer to: Contents 1 Film 2 Television 3 Music 4 … Wikipedia
Others — Distress Distress Pays d’origine France Genre(s) Doom metal Death mélodique Metal Années actives … Wikipédia en Français
others — noun /ˈʌðəz,ˈʌðɚz/ a) Other people. I treat others like I treat myself. b) Those remaining after one or more people or items have left, or done something else, or been excluded. Two decided to hide, the others surrendered … Wiktionary
others — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. unnamed persons, the remainder, some, a few, any others, a number, a handful, a small number, not many, hardly any, two or three, more than one, many, a Great number, a Great many, they*, folks*, the rest*; see also everybody … English dictionary for students
others — Irish menstruation The etymology is unclear: I told him I thought I was pregnint. GOOD JAYSIS! Jimmy roared laughing. Yeh fiickin didn t! I did, Jimmy.... Me others were late. (R. Doyle, 1987) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Others! Others! Volume 1 — Others! Others! Studio album by Bomb The Music Industry! Released May 7, 2009 Recorded 2005 2008 Genre Ska punk … Wikipedia
Others: A Magazine of the New Verse — was founded by Alfred Kreymborg in July, 1915 with financing from Walter Conrad Arensberg. The magazine ran until July, 1919. It published poetry and other writing, as well as visual art. While the magazine never had more than 300 subscribers, it … Wikipedia
Others (art group) — Others was a group of avant garde artists in New York formed after the outbreak of World War I. Poet Alfred Kreymborg and artist Man Ray founded the group, centered an artist colony called Grantwood, just outside Ridgefield, New Jersey. Through… … Wikipedia
Others group of artists — Others was a group of avant garde artists in New York formed after the outbreak of World War I. Poet Alfred Kreymborg and artist Man Ray founded the group, centered an artist colony called Grantwood, just outside Ridgefield, New Jersey. Through… … Wikipedia
Others (Lost) — The main Others in Season 3: Ben Linus (aka Henry Gale), Bea Klugh, Tom (aka Mr. Friendly), Alex Rousseau and Danny Pickett The Others are a group of fictional characters who inhabit the mysterious island in the American television series Lost.… … Wikipedia
Others (Night Watch) — The Others are a fictional group of people with supernatural abilities in Sergey Lukyanenko s Watches novel tetralogy (Night Watch, Day Watch, Dusk/Twilight Watch and Final Watch). They also appear in the Night Watch and Day Watch movies.… … Wikipedia
