14-War and peace Flashcards

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pacifique, paisible

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paceful

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agressif

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agressive

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belliqueux (2)

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bellicose, warlike

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sanglant (2)

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warlike, bloody

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un combat acharné

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a fierce battle

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lancer une offensive

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to launch an offensive

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tuer (2)

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to kill, to slay (US)

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l’ennemi ; ennemi(e)

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the ennemi ; hostile

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les forces armées

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the armed forces

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un soldant, un militaire ; de militaires

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a soldier ; the military

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une arme ; l’armement, les armes

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a weapon ; weaponry

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la course aux armements

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the arms race

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une tactique

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tactics

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un allié

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a ally

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recruter

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to recruit

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un fusil, un canon ; un mitrailleuse

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a gun ; a machine-gun

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un ou des avion

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aircraft

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aller au combat

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to go to war

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faire la guerre (2)

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to make / wage war

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être en guerre (contre)

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to be at war with

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la guerre éclata

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war broke out

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déclarer la guerre à

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to declare war on

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conquérir ; une conquête

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to conquer ; a conquest

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tenir une position

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to hold a position

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se replier
to withdraw
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prendre d’assaut
to storm
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bombarder (2) ; le bombardement
to bomb, to shell ; bombing
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larguer une bombe
to drop a bomb
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une bombe à retardement
a time-bomb
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une arme nucléaire
a nuclear weapon
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la guerre bactériologique / chimique
bacteriological / chemical war
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anéantir, détruire
to destroy
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un prisonnier de guerre
a prisoner of war
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un camp de concentration
a concentration camp
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un génocide
a genocide
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un massacre
a slaughter
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une politique / un traité de de paix
peace treaty / policy
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les casques bleus
the UN forces
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intervenir dans, s’ingérer dans (2)
to intervene in, to interfere in
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le droit d’ingérence
the right to interfere
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une force d’intervention
a task force
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envoyer des troupes
to send troops
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les premières lignes
the front lines
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une tranchée
a trench
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une guerre d’usure
a war attrition
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faire sauter
to blow up
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encercler
to surrond
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battre en retraite
to retreat
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se rendre
to surrender
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la reddition sans condition
unconditional surrender
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l’issue du conflit
the outcome of the conflict
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le désarmement
disarmament
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la dissuasion nucléaire
the nuclear deterrent
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la dissuasion, le principe de dissuasion
deterrence
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envahir un pays
to invade a country
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annexer
to annex
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des forces d’occupation
occupying forces
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tirer un coup de feu
to fire a shot
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abattre qq’un
to shoot s.o. dead
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riposter
to retaliate
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des représailles (2)
retaliation ; reprisals
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réprimer une révolte
to suppress an uprising
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la répression, une oppression
repression
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écraser
to crush
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un bain de sang (2)
a bloodshed , a bloodbath
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verser du sang
to shed blood
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un escalade
an exaltation
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impitoyable (2)
pitiless; ruthless
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soumettre un peuple ; la soumission
to subdue a people ; submission
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un civil
a civilian
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résister à
to resist to
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la guérilla ; un guérillero
guerilla warfare ; a guerilla
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prendre un maquis
to take to the bush
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une mutinerie
a mutiny
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une cour martiale
a court-martial
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un peloton d’exécution
a firing squad
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un objecteur de conscience
a conscientious objector
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offensif , défensif
offensive ; defensive
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s’engager dans l’armée
to join the army
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l’infanterie
the infantry
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la marine ; l’armée de l’air
the Navy ; the Air Force
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un simple soldat ; un officier
a trooper ; an officer
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un appelé au service militaire
a conscript
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faire son service militaire
to do one’s military service
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une armée de métier
a professional army
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un volontaire
a volunteer
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une milice
militia
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un tireur d’élite (2)
a marksman , a crackshot
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un tireur isolé
a sniper
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un cible
a target
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un raid aérien
an air raid
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les dommages collatéraux
collateral damages
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abattre un avion
to shoot down an aircraft
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un avion de chasse
a fighter plane
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les parachutistes
paratroopers
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aéroporté
airborne
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la Légion Étrangère
the Foreign Legion
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les services de renseignement
intelligence services
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espionner
to spy on …
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un ancien combattant
a war veteran
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un affrontement
a clash
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une embuscade ; tendre une ambuscade à
an ambush ; to ambush
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les morts
the dead
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blesser
to wound
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des victimes
casualties
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le nombre de morts
the death toll
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estropier
to maim
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horrible, abominable
appalling
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trouver la mort
to lose one’s life
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une ethnie
an ethnic group
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audacieux
daring
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la purification ethnique
ethnic cleansing
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un criminel de guerre ; un crime de guerre
a war criminal / crime
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un crime contre l’humanité
a crime against humanity
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une force de maintien de la paix
a peacekeeping force
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un marchand d’armes
an arms dealer
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de la chair à canon
cannon fodder
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des mines anti-personnel
anti-personnel mines
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poser une bombe
to plant a bomb
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un rescapé, un survivant
a survivor
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décréter une trêve
to call a truce
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un cessez-le-feu
a ceasefire