Army and War Flashcards by Robin Piquet | Brainscape

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Les militaires

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The Military

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Les soldats

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The troops

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Un simple soldat

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A private

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Un officier (commandant)

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A (commanding) officer

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Servir, être dans l’armée

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To serve/To be in the forces

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S’engager dans l’armée

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To join the army/To enlist

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Les services secrets

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The Intelligence Service

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L’armée de terre

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The Land Forces

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La marine de guerre (britannique)

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The (Royal) Navy

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La flotte

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The fleet

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L’armée de l’air (britannique)

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The (Royal) Air Force

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La caserne

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The barracks

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Un défilé

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A march past

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Etre au garde à vous (Garde à vous!)

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To stand at/to attention (Attention!)

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Trahir

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To betray

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Espionner

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To spy on

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Les armes/l’armement

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Weaponry/Armaments

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Les munitions

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Ammunition

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Une arme à feu

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A firearm/a gun

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Un fusil

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A rifle

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Une mitrailleuse

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A machine gun

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Un bombardement

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A bombing

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Tirer (répliquer)

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To shoot (back)

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Viser, cibler

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To aim (at), to target

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Frapper, porter un coup

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To strike

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Exploser, faire exploser

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To explode, to blow up

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Empoisonner

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To poison

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Dissuasif

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Deterrent

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Les enjeux/Etre en jeu

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Stakes/To be at stake

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Une embuscade

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An ambush

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Mettre une menace à exécution

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To carry out a threat

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Déclarer la guerre à

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To declare war on

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Tendu

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Tense

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Menaçant

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Looming

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S’engager (en faveur d’une cause)

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To commit oneself (to a cause)

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Se mêler de

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To interfere in

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La guerre des tranchées

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Trench warfare

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Les renforts (demander des renforts)

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Backup (to send for backup)

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Faire la guerre à/contre

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To make war, wage war against

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Une cicatrice

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A scar

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Disparaître

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To go missing

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Se faire tuer

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To get killed

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Indemne, sain et sauf

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Uninjured, unscathed

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Un crime contre l’humanité

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A crime against humanity

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Une rafle

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A roundup

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Vaincre

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To defeat

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Se rendre à

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To surrender to

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Un résistant

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A freedom-fighter

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Un attentat

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A terrorist attack

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Des représailles

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Reprisal, retaliation

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Un cessez-le-feu

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A cease-fire

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Une trêve

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A truce

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Accorder, octroyer

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To grant

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Etre en ruines

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To be in ruins, to lin in ruins

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Rendre hommage à

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To pay tribute to