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

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to withdraw

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prendre d’assaut

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to storm

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bombarder (2) ; le bombardement

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to bomb, to shell ; bombing

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larguer une bombe

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to drop a bomb

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une bombe à retardement

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a time-bomb

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une arme nucléaire

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a nuclear weapon

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la guerre bactériologique / chimique

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bacteriological / chemical war

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anéantir, détruire

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to destroy

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un prisonnier de guerre

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a prisoner of war

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un camp de concentration

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a concentration camp

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un génocide

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a genocide

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un massacre

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a slaughter

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une politique / un traité de de paix

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peace treaty / policy

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les casques bleus

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the UN forces

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intervenir dans, s’ingérer dans (2)

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to intervene in, to interfere in

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le droit d’ingérence

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the right to interfere

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une force d’intervention

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a task force

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envoyer des troupes

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to send troops

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les premières lignes

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the front lines

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une tranchée

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a trench

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une guerre d’usure

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a war attrition

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faire sauter

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to blow up

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encercler

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to surrond

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battre en retraite

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to retreat

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se rendre

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to surrender

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la reddition sans condition

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unconditional surrender

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l’issue du conflit

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the outcome of the conflict

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le désarmement

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disarmament

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la dissuasion nucléaire

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the nuclear deterrent

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la dissuasion, le principe de dissuasion

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deterrence

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envahir un pays

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to invade a country

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annexer

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to annex

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des forces d’occupation

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occupying forces

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tirer un coup de feu

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to fire a shot

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abattre qq’un

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to shoot s.o. dead

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riposter

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to retaliate

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des représailles (2)

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retaliation ; reprisals

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réprimer une révolte

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to suppress an uprising

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la répression, une oppression

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repression

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écraser

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to crush

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un bain de sang (2)

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a bloodshed , a bloodbath

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verser du sang

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to shed blood

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un escalade

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an exaltation

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impitoyable (2)

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pitiless; ruthless

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soumettre un peuple ; la soumission

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to subdue a people ; submission

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un civil

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a civilian

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résister à

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to resist to

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la guérilla ; un guérillero

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guerilla warfare ; a guerilla

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prendre un maquis

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to take to the bush

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une mutinerie

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a mutiny

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une cour martiale

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a court-martial

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un peloton d’exécution

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a firing squad

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un objecteur de conscience

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a conscientious objector

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offensif , défensif

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offensive ; defensive

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s’engager dans l’armée

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to join the army

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l’infanterie

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the infantry

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la marine ; l’armée de l’air

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the Navy ; the Air Force

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un simple soldat ; un officier

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a trooper ; an officer

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un appelé au service militaire

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a conscript

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faire son service militaire

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to do one’s military service

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une armée de métier

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a professional army

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un volontaire

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a volunteer

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une milice

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militia

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un tireur d’élite (2)

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a marksman , a crackshot

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un tireur isolé

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a sniper

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un cible

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a target

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un raid aérien

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an air raid

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les dommages collatéraux

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collateral damages

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abattre un avion

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to shoot down an aircraft

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un avion de chasse

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a fighter plane

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les parachutistes

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paratroopers

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aéroporté

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airborne

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la Légion Étrangère

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the Foreign Legion

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les services de renseignement

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intelligence services

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espionner

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to spy on …

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un ancien combattant

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a war veteran

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un affrontement

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a clash

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une embuscade ; tendre une ambuscade à

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an ambush ; to ambush

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les morts

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the dead

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blesser

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to wound

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des victimes

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casualties

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le nombre de morts

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the death toll

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estropier

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to maim

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horrible, abominable

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appalling

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trouver la mort

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to lose one’s life

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une ethnie

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an ethnic group

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audacieux

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daring

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la purification ethnique

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ethnic cleansing

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un criminel de guerre ; un crime de guerre

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a war criminal / crime

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un crime contre l’humanité

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a crime against humanity

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une force de maintien de la paix

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a peacekeeping force

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un marchand d’armes

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an arms dealer

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de la chair à canon

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cannon fodder

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des mines anti-personnel

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anti-personnel mines

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poser une bombe

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to plant a bomb

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un rescapé, un survivant

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a survivor

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décréter une trêve

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to call a truce

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un cessez-le-feu

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a ceasefire