| (to do something) in vain | avoir beau (faire) | 
| Austria | l'Autriche | 
| a Catholic | un(e) catholique | 
| a Protestant | un(e) protestant(e) | 
| a battle | une bataille | 
| a general | un général | 
| a massacre | un massacre | 
| a monarchy | une monarchie | 
| a place | un lieu | 
| a reign | un règne | 
| a revolution | une révolution | 
| a tax | un impôt | 
| business | des affaires | 
| complicated | complexe | 
| crafty, sly | rusé | 
| disrupted | troublé(e) | 
| hunting | la chasse | 
| illuminated | illuminé(e) | 
| in the provinces | en province | 
| independence | l'independence | 
| liberal | libéral(e) | 
| marquis, marchioness | un(e) marquis(e) | 
| religion | la religion | 
| the people | le peuple | 
| to assassinate | assassiner | 
| to criticize | critiquer | 
| to defend | défendre | 
| to demolish | démolir | 
| to guillotine | guillotiner | 
| to last | durer | 
| to maintain | maintenir | 
| to negociate | négocier | 
| to order | ordonner | 
| to survive | survivre | 
| to take place | avoir lieu | 
| to transform | transformer | 
| violence | la violence | 
| wide | large |