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1
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les affaires étrangères

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foreign affairs

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les relations extérieures

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foreign relations

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la communauté internationale

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the international community

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un problème mondial

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global issue

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un Etat souverain

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a sovereign state

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la souveraineté

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sovereignty

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un Etat-nation

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a nation-state

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une frontière

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a border, a frontier

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le droit international

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international law

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la géopolitique

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geopolitics

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la scène internationale

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the international stage, the international scene, the world stage

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jouer un rôle dans qch

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to play a role, a part in sth

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occidental / oriental

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western / eastern

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la politique étrangère, extérieure

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foreign policy

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un ambassadeur

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an ambassador

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une ambassade

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an embassy

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un attaché culturel / commercial / militaire

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a cultural / commercial / military attaché

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un envoyé, un émissaire

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an envoy, an emissary

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un diplomate

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a diplomat

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diplomatie

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diplomacy

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rompre / reprendre les relations

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to break off / to resume diplomatic relations

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des relations tendues

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strained, tense relations

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un réchauffement

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a thaw

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un refroidissement

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a chill, a cooling off

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rappeler un ambassadeur

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to recall an ambassador

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normaliser les relations

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to normalize relations

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une grande puissance

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a great power

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une superpuissance / une hyperpuissance

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a superpower / a hyperpower

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l’hégémonie

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hegemony

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l’impérialisme

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imperialism

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impérialiste

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imperialistic

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l’expansionisme

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expansionism

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l’unilatéralsime / le multilatéralisme

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unilateralism / multilateralism

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bilatéral / multilatéral

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bilateral / multilateral

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un bloc

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a bloc

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l’équilibre des forces

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balance of power

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le système onusien

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the UN system

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un Etat-membre, un pays membre

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a member state

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un membre fondateur

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a founding member, founder member

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une cotisation

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a contribution

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discuter / voter une résolution

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to debate / to pass a resolution

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appliquer une résolution

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to implement, enforce a resolution

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autoriser l’usage de la force

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to authorize the use of force

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un embargo

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an embargo

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une majorité des deux-tiers

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a two-thirds majority

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maintenir la paix

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to maintain peace

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une opération de maintien de la paix

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a peace-keeping organization

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un soldat de la paix

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a peacekeeper

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un casque bleu

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a blue helmet

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l’intervention miltaire

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military intervention

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l’OTAN

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NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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négocier

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to negotiate

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négociations, pourparlers, discussions

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negotiations, talks

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table de négociations

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negotiating table

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une table ronde

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a round table

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faire une déclarartion

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to make, issue, deliver a statement

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un communiqué

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a communiqué

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sous l’égide de

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under the aegis of

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une réunion au sommet, un sommet

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a summit (meeting)

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un porte-parole

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a spokesman, spokeswoman, spokesperson

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un homologue

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a counterpart, an opposite member

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une impasse

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a stalemate, a deadlock, a standoff, an impasse

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aboutir à une impasse

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to reach a stalemate

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sortir d’une impasse

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to break a stalemate

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un ultimatum

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an ultimatum

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un médiateur

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a mediator

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négocier un accord

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to broker an agreement

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surmonter un obstacle

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to overcome an obstacle

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la volonté politique

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political will

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un compromis

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a compromise

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transiger

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to compromise

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faire une concession

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to make a concession

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s’engager à faire qch

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to commit oneself to doing sth

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promettre de faire, s’engager à faire qch

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to pledge to do sth

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signer / ratifier un traité

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to sign / ratify a treaty

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un protocole

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a protocol

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un accord

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an agreement, an accord

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conclure un accord

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to reach a settlement

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stipuler

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to stipulate

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parvenir à un consensus

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to reach a consensus

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interdire

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to prohibit, to ban

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mettre son véto à une décision

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to veto a decision

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l’Union Européenne, the EU

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the European Union, the EU

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une directive européenne

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an EU directive

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adhérer à l’UE

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to join the EU

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demander son adhésion à l’UE

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to apply to join the EU, to apply for EU membership

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pourparlers d’adhésion

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membership negatiations

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une organisation non-gouvernementale, une ONG

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a non-governmental organization, an NGO

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les droits de l’homme

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human rights

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les violations des droits de l’homme

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human rights abuses, violations

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faire respecter un principe

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to uphold a principle

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le passé de la Chine en matière de droits de l’homme

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China’s human-rights record

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la décolonisation

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decolonization

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obtenir l’indépendance, devenir indépendant

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to achieve, gain, attain independence

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une ancienne colonie

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a former colony

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une puissance coloniale

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a colonial power

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conflit, litige, contentieux

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a dispute

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un litige frontalier

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a border dispute

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un conflit armé

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an armed conflict

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être mêlé à un conflit

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be embroiled in a conflict

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ennemi

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enemy

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un désaccord, une dispute, une querelle

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disagreement, row

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une épreuve de force, un bras de fer

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a showdown

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militaire / civil

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military / civilian

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les militaires

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the military

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un belliciste

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a warmonger

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la propagande belliciste

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warmongering

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un militariste

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a militarist

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militariste

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militaristic

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être en guerre / en paix

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to be at war / at peace

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déclarer la guerre à un pays

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to declare war on a country

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faire la guerre à un ennemi

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to wage war on an ennemy, against an ennemy

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un allié

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an ally

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éclater

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to break out

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se battre

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to fight

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attaquer / défendre

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to attack / to defend

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conquérir

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to conquer

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la conquête

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conquest

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envahir

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to invade

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assiéger

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to besiege

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les forces armées

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armed forces

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un corps expéditionnaire

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a task force

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les troupes

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troops

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les forces aéronavales

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air and sea forces

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une campagne militaire

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a military campaign

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le champ de bataille

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the battlefield

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déployer

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to deploy

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le déploiement

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deployment

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retirer des forces d’un endroit

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to withdraw troops from a place

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le retrait

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withdrawal

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un blocus

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a blockade

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vaincre un adversaire

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to defeat an adversary

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un revers

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a setback

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des représailles

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reprisals, retaliation

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user de représailles envers qn

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to retaliate against sb

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un vainqueur

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a victor

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un militaire, un soldat

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a serviceman, a soldier

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un militaire de carrière

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a professional soldier, a career soldier

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s’engager, s’enrôler dans l’armée de l’air

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to join the Air force, to enlist in the Air Force

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recruter

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to recruit

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une recrue

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a recruit

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un officier

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an officer

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un objecteur de conscience

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a conscientious objector

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déserter

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to desert

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un déserteur

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a deserter

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des armes

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weapons, arms

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des armes de destruction massive

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weapons of mass destruction, WMDs

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un arsenal

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an arsenal

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des munition

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ammunition, munitions

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une bombe

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a bomb

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bombarder

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to bomb

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un bombardement

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a bombing, a bombardment

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un bombardier

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a bomber

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des armes intelligentes

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smart weapons

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un frappe, une intervention aérienne

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an air strike

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une frappe chirurgicale

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a surgical strike

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un bombardier furtif

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a stealth bomber

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un porte-avions

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an aircraft carrier

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un avion de chasse, un chasseur

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a fighter (plane)

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un drone, un avion téléguidé

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a drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle

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un missile

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a missile

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la guerre des nerfs / d’usure

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war of nerves / of attrition

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la guerre nucléaire / biologique / chimique

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nuclear / biologic / chemical warfare

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massacre

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massacre, slaughter

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effusion de sang, carnage, boucherie

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bloodshed

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les blessés

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the wounded

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les morts et les blessés

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the casualties

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bilan des victimes

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death toll

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le renseignement

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intelligence

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espionner un ennemi

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to spy on a ennemy

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satellite-espion

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a spy satellite, a surveillance satellite

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un crime de guerre

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a war crime

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un criminel de guerre

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a war criminal

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un crime contre l’humanité

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a crime against humanity

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un génocide

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a genocide

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purification ethnique

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ethnic cleansing

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exterminer

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to exterminate

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un cessez-le-feu

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a ceasefire

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une trêve

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a truce

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se rendre

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to surrender

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un armisitice

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an armisitice

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le désarmement

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disarmament

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un pacifiste

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a peace campaigner, a pacifist, a peacenik

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un bourbier

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a quagmire

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l’enlisement

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stalemate

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des pourparlers de paix

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peace talks

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le processus de paix

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a peace agreement, a peace accord, a peace settlement

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un traité de paix

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a peace treaty

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le dividende de la paix

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the peace dividend

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un prisonnier de guerre

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a prisoner of war, a POW

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être porté disparu

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to be reported missing

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s’absenter sans permission, manquer à l’appel

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to be absent without leave, AWOL

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un ancien combattant

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an amputee

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être estropié, mutilé pour la vie

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be maimed for life

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névrose post-traumatique

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

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