C-22 War and Military Life 2 Flashcards

1
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combat

A

fight

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2
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un combat

A

an encounter

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3
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combat d’intéret

A

clash of interest

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4
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hors de combat

A

disabled

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5
Q

tué au combat

A

killed in action

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6
Q

bataille

A

battle

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7
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une bataille

A

an action

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8
Q

lutte

A

struggle, strife

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9
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lutte (sport)

A

wrestling

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10
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lutte des classes

A

the class struggle

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11
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lutte pour la vie

A

struggle for life

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12
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lutter pour la vérité

A

contend for truth

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13
Q

mêlée

A

scrimmage

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14
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faire la guerre

A

the waging of war

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15
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campagne

A

campaign

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16
Q

régiment

A

regiment

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17
Q

former les rangs

A

form up

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18
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compagnies

A

companies

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19
Q

unités

A

units

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20
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avant-garde

A

advance-guard

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21
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arrière-garde

A

rear-guard

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22
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flancs-gardes

A

flank-guards

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23
Q

barricades

A

barricades

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24
Q

cuirasse

A

breast-plate

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25
Q

bouclier

A

shield

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26
Q

armes

A

weapons

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27
Q

javelots

A

javelins

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28
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frondes

A

slings

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29
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béliers

A

battering rams

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30
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troupe

A

troop

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31
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discipliné

A

disciplined

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32
Q

envahir

A

overrun

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33
Q

bataille rangée

A

pitched battle

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34
Q

embuscade

A

ambush

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35
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campement

A

encampment

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36
Q

escarmouche

A

skirmishes

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37
Q

pont de bateaux

A

pontoon-bridge

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38
Q

colonnes

A

columns

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39
Q

massacrer

A

slaughter

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40
Q

combattant

A

combatant

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41
Q

plaintes

A

groans

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42
Q

coup d’épée

A

stroke of the sword

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43
Q

hâche

A

battle-axe

44
Q

plumes

A

plumage

45
Q

cotte de maille

A

coat of chain-mail

46
Q

armure

A

suit of amour

47
Q

archer

A

bowman

48
Q

carquois

A

quiver

49
Q

arc

A

long-bow

50
Q

arbalète

A

cross-bow

51
Q

fortifications

A

fortification

52
Q

armes à feu

A

fire-arms

53
Q

efficacité

A

efficiency

54
Q

puissance de feu

A

rate of fire

55
Q

mèche de grenade

A

fuse

56
Q

projectiles

A

missiles

57
Q

armes blanches

A

hand-weapons

58
Q

baionette

A

bayonet

59
Q

poudre

A

gunpowder

60
Q

canon de siège

A

siege gun

61
Q

culasse

A

breach

62
Q

exploits stratégiques

A

strategic achievements

63
Q

effondrement militaire

A

military collapse

64
Q

crépitement des balles

A

crackling of the rifle fire

65
Q

gamelles

A

mess tins

66
Q

galère

A

galley

67
Q

galériens

A

galley slaves

68
Q

flottes

A

fleets

69
Q

abordage

A

boarding

70
Q

bastingage

A

bulwark

71
Q

hommes d’armes

A

men-at-arms

72
Q

pique

A

pike

73
Q

obus

A

shell

74
Q

blindage

A

armour

75
Q

calibre

A

calibre

76
Q

dépôt

A

depot

77
Q

membres déchirés

A

torn limbs

78
Q

gronder

A

boom

79
Q

s’écraser

A

smashing

80
Q

tranchées

A

trenches

81
Q

ligne de front

A

front line

82
Q

pistes

A

tracks

83
Q

convois

A

convoys

84
Q

fil de fer

A

wire

85
Q

franchir le parapet

A

go over the top

86
Q

feu nourri

A

heavy fire

87
Q

mines

A

mines

88
Q

écrabouillé

A

blown to bits

89
Q

gaz asphyxiants

A

poison gas

90
Q

tanks

A

tanks

91
Q

la drôle de guerre

A

the phoney war

92
Q

embarquement par chemin de fer

A

entraining

93
Q

avance

A

advance

94
Q

exode

A

evacuation

95
Q

bombardement

A

bombing

96
Q

guerilla

A

guerille warfare

97
Q

représailles

A

reprisals

98
Q

déportés

A

ppl who had been deported

99
Q

être fait prisonnier

A

to be taken prisoner

100
Q

barbelés

A

barbed wire fences

101
Q

rationnement

A

rationing

102
Q

marché noir

A

black market

103
Q

raids aériens

A

air-raids

104
Q

mugissement des sirènes

A

wail of sirens

105
Q

débris

A

rubble