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Algerian War Flashcards

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To patch

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rapiécer

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To fix/repair

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Raccommoder

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A branch

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Un rameau

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A dove

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Une colombe

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To shake hands

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Se serrer la main

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Sweat

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Le sueur

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Fabric

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Le tissu

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To draw To a close/to finish

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Se terminer

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Protectorate (state that is controlled by another state)

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Un protectorat

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To wrong someone

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Léser

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Precarious, fragile

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Précaire

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Otherwise

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Par ailleurs

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A demand

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La revendication

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Empty

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Vide

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To get over, to overcome

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Franchir

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To exert (power)/to carry out

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Exercer

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Day of protest

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Journée de revendiction

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Wage demands

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Des revendications salaires

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An abundance

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Un foisonnement

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To make a census of/to count

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Recenser

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A piece of work

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Un ouvrage

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A film maker

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Un/une cinéaste

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In retrospect

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Avec du recul

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Un appelé du contingent

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Group of young people called to service the military for certain amount of time.

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Une sentinelle

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Soldier who has to stand watch in front of an occupied place for the army, to protect a public space.

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To stand watch

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Faire la guet

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Une batterie

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Unit of artillery

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La quille

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The end of military service

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L’artillerie

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War materials (canons, guns ect)

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Une armurerie

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Weapon warehouse

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Non commissioned officer

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Un gradé/un sous-officier

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Soldiers’ quarters (a building)

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Une caserne

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Soldier about to be recruited

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Une recrue

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Measures taken by a state to get vengeance

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Les représailles

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Succession of machine bullets shot-

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Les rafales

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People who fought against France

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Les fells/fellaghas/ fellouzes

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A branch of the army that has existed for a long time- made up of indigenous persons

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Les chausseurs d’Afrique

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The prolonged duration of one’s military service (increased from 18 to 30 months)

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Le rappel du contingent

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A surprise attack

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Être pris dans une embuscade

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To be touched/upset/devastated

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Bouleverser

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A sale

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Une vente

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To be supposed to

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Être censé

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Offence/breach of law

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L’infraction

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Humming bird

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Un colibri

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Fortune teller

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Une augure

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To augur/bode well

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Augurer bien/mal de..

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To spring out/shoot out

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Jaillir

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To shrink

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Rétrécir

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To break/shatter/smash

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Briser

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To blacken

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Noircir

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Faith

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La foi

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Usefully

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Utilement

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To work/strive

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Ouevrer

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To touch/to move (emotionally)

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Émouvoir

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To take away/to carry off or away (things)

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Émporter

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Pride

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La fierté

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Resentment

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La rancœur

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To go on/harp on about

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Ressasser

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To curse

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Maudire

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To annihilate

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Anéantir

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To belong to

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Appartenir

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To make indignant

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Indigner

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Judicious/shrewd

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Judicieux (-euse)

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Illiterate

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Illettré

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To complicate

To muddle someone

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Embrouiller

Embrouiller quelqu’un

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Sovereignty

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La souveraineté

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Dismissal

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Un licenciement

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A bonus/subsidy

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Une prime

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Repatriation

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Le repatriement

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