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**Les forces armées**

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**Armed forces**

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Un grade

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A rank

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La troupe

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The rank and file

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Un appelé

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A conscript

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Un soldat

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A soldier

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Un simple soldat

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A private

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Un sous-officier

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A non-commissioned officer (NCO)

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Un officier

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A commissioned officer

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Une sentinelle

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A sentry

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Un parachutiste

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A paratrooper

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Un corps d’armée

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An army corps

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  1. Un esquadron 2. Une escadrille
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A squadron

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Un bataillon

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A battalion

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Une section, un peloton

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A platoon

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Une garnison

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A garrison

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Une caserne

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A barracks&raquo_space; pl. Barracks

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Un équipement, un barda

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An outfit, a kit, a gear

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La tenue de combat

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Battledress

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Un treillis

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Fatigues

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Un casque

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A helmet

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L’infanterie

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Infantry

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La cavalerie

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Cavalry

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Un blindé

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An armoured car

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Un transport de troupes

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A personnel carrier

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Un char

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A tank

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Un navire de guerre

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A warship

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Un cuirassé

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A battleship

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Un sous-marin

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A submarine

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Un porte-avions

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A aircraft carrier

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Un débarquement

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A landing

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Un espace aérien

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An air space

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Des troupes aéroportées

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Airborne forces

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Un avion de chasse

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A fighter

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Un bombardier

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A bomber

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Un hélicoptère

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A helicopter, a chopper

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Une cour martiale

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A court martial

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Ordonner, donner un ordre

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To order, to give an order

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**Les armes**

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**Weapons**

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Une arme à feu

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A gun, a firearm

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Un fusil

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A (service) rifle

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Une mitrailleuse

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A machine gun

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Une mitraillette

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A sub-machine gun

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Des munitions

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Ammunition, ammo

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Un coup de feu, un tir

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A shot

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Une balle

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A bullet

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Des explosifs

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Explosives

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Une mine

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A landmine

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Un champ de mines

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A minefield

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Un obus

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A shell

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Une roquette

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A rocket

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Un lance-roquette

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A rocket launcher

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Une torpille

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A torpedo

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Un engin nucléaire

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A nuclear device

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Une ogive nucléaire

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A nuclear warhead

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Un marchand d’armes

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An arms dealer

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À courte / moyenne / longue portée

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Short / medium / long range

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Charger (une arme)

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To load

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Viser

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To aim

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Tirer

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To shoot

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Presser la détente

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To pull the trigger

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Bombarder

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To shell, to bomb

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Tirer à bout portant

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To fire at close range

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**Le combat**

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**Fighting**

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L’ennemi

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The enemy

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Le quartier général (QG)

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The headquarters (HQ)

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L’état-major

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The general staff

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Une permission

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A leave

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Des victimes

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Casualties

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Un conflit

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A conflict

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Une bataille

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A battle

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Le front

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The front (line)

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Un champ de bataille

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A battlefield

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Un siège

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A siege

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Une embuscade

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An ambush

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Une attaque, une charge

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An onslaught

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Des représailles

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Retaliation

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Un génocide

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A genocide

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Un attentat suicide

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A suicide bombing

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Le terrorisme

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Terrorism

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Un prisonnier

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A prisoner

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Un guérillero

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A guerrilla

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La guérilla

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Guerrilla warfare

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Un tireur isolé

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A sniper

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Une tranchée

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A trench

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L’avant-garde / l’arrière-garde

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The vanguard / the rearguard

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Blessé

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Wounded

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Porté disparu

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Missing-in-action (MIA)

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Se battre, combattre

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To fight

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Lutter, combattre

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To struggle

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Attaquer

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To attack

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(Se) défendre

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To defend (oneself)

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Envahir

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To invade

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Repousser

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To throw back

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Assiéger

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To besiege

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Piller

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To plunder, to ransack

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Se rendre

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To surrender

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Battre en retraite / fuir

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To retreat / to flee

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Exercer des représailles

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To retaliate

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Abattre

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To gun down, to shoot down

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Les trois armées sont l’armée de terre, la marine et l’armée de l’air

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The three Services are the Army, the Navy and the Air Force

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Bon pour le service / Réformé

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Fit for service / Unfit for service

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Un objecteur de conscience

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A conscientious objector

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Garde à vous ! / Repos !

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Attention! / At ease!

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4000 soldats ont été envoyés en renforts

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4,000 troops were sent in reinforcement

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Les troupes ont chargé et pris la ville d’assaut

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The troops charged and took the city by storm

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Les États-Unis sont en guerre en Irak

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The US is at war in Iraq

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Faire la guerre à

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To wage war on

108
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Ce mercenaire a combattu en Afrique

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This mercenary saw action in Africa

109
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Le nettoyage ethnique

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Ethnical cleansing

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Être porté absent, être déserteur

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To be AWOL (absent without official leave)

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La Guerre de Sécession a éclaté en 1861

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The American Civil War broke out in 1861

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L’Allemagne a déclaré la guerre à la France en 1914

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Germany declared war on France in 1914

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La Première Guerre mondiale a duré quatre ans

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WWI lasted four years

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Des frères d’armes

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Brothers in arms

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Au Moyen Âge, les soldats se battaient avec des épées, des arcs et des flèches, des haches, des lances et des boucliers

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In the Middle Ages, soldiers fought with swords, bows and arrows, axes, spears and shields

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Jack est sur le sentier de la guerre et armé jusqu’aux dents

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Jack is on the warpath and armed to the teeth

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Il faut que tu serres les dents

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You’ve got to bite the bullet

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C’est une arme à double tranchant

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It’s a double-edged sword

119
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Il a plus d’une corde à son arc

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He has more than one string to his bow

120
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Une preuve irréfutable

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A smoking gun

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Un combat très difficile

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An uphill battle

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C’est un combat perdu d’avance

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It’s a losing battle

123
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Croiser le fer avec qqun

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To cross swords with sb

124
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Tu fais toujours tout trop vite

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You always jump the gun

125
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Reste fidèle à tes idées !

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Stick to your guns!

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Loin de là ! / Bien au contraire !

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Not by a long shot!

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