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1
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la pénurie

A

shortage

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les privations

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restrictions

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un pensionnat

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a boarding school

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les bains publics

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public baths

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camoufler

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to hide

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le camp de la mort

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death camps

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le chef d’etat

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head of state

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clandestin(e)

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illegal

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communier

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to take communion

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la coupure d’electricite

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power cut

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les denrees

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commodities

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envahir

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to invade

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l’espion

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spy

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le Maquis

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group of Resistance fighters who hid in the countryside

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la Milice

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French political group that collaborated with the Germans to fight against the Resistance

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15
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la naissance

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birth

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le pensionnaire

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boarding school

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17
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se propager

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to spread

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18
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saboter

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to sabotage (deliberately damage)

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19
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la Shoah

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Holocaust

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20
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les soldats allies

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allied soldiers (working together)

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se soumettre

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to abide, submit

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22
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l’abri soutterain

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underground shelter

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agace(e)

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annoyed

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l’alerte

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a warning

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25
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la chasse au tresor

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treasure hunt

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le collabo

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shortened word for ‘collaboraters’.

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le dortoir

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dormitory

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doue(e)

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gifted

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les echasses

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stilts

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30
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exacerbe

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aggravated

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31
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faire de la contrebande

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to smuggle

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32
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fouiller

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to search / to go through

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33
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la Gestapo

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secret German police

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34
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l’indice

A

clue

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35
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manigancer

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to be up to something

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36
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Marie

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Virgin Mary

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mesquin(e)

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mean

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se mettre a l’ecart

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to seperate yourself

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la pancarte

A

sign

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morne

A

gloomy

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passe(e)

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faded

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le pensionnaire

A

boarder

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petainiste

A

French person who believed Petain would help France out of the war

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la priere

A

prayer

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le quai

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platform

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railler

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to mock

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les railleries

A

mockery

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le regard

A

the look

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le rouge a levres

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lipstick

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(avoir) des soupcons

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to be suspicious

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stupefait

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surprised

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les vestiaires

A

changing rooms

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le youpin

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negative word for Jew

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youtre

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insulting word for Jew

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flagrant

A

obvious

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accentuer

A

to emphasise

57
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l’apprentissage

A

learning

58
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le cocon protecteur

A

protective cocoon

59
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la culpabilite

A

guilt

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se defouler

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to let off steam

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denoncer

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to denounce, give someone up

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espiègle

A

playful

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l’eveil

A

the awakening

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frivole

A

frivolous

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impitoyable

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ruthless

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la loi du plus fort

A

law of the strongest

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mefiant

A

wary

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se mefier

A

to be careful about

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abriter

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to shelter

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aise

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well-off

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l’attachement

A

affection

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attendrissant

A

moving

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attentionné

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caring

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le bouc-émissaire

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scapegoat

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coupé

A

cut off

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cultivé

A

well-red/cultivated

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doué

A

gifted

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être a l’écart

A

to be apart

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la gravité

A

severity

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hanté

A

haunted

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issu de

A

from

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se livrer a

A

to get involved in

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maintenu

A

maintained

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mur

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mature

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pleurer

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to sob

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protégé

A

sheltered

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la prouesse

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achievement

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réservé

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reserved, shy

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sur de lui / sure d’elle

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confident

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tendre

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affectionate

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le vol

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theft

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le voleur

A

thief

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AQA French A level (42 decks)

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