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CH85: Geopolitics: World affairs Flashcards

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un partenaire

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a partner

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un allié -> une alliance

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an ally -> an alliance

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un sommet

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a summit

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convoquer

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to convene

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négocier ; un négociateur ; des négociations

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to negotiate ; a negotiator ; negotiations

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un désaccord

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a disagreement

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une impasse

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a quandary

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s’enliser

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to be bogged down

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des concessions mutuelles

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give and take

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un compromis

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a trade-off

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(ne pas) être d’accord

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to agree / disagree on stg

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un accord

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an agreement

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un traité

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a treaty

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préparer,rédiger -> un avant-projet

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to draft -> a draft

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stipuler que

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to stipulate that

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ratifier -> la ratification

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to ratify -> ratification

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coopérer -> la coopération

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to cooperate -> cooperation

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intervenir/s’interposer ; l’intervention ; l’interventionnisme

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to intervene ; intervention ; interventionism

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la diplomatie -> un diplomate -> diplomatique

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diplomacy -> a diplomat -> diplomatic

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l’immunité

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immunity

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une ambassade -> un ambassadeur

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an embassy -> an ambassador

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un consul -> un consulat

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a consul -> a consulate

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étranger -> un étranger

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foreign -> a foreigner

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la douane

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customs

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un visa

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a visa

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un droit

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a right

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fondamental

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fundamental

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inaliénable

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in(un)alienable

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une charte

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a charter

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faire respecter

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to uphold

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violer -> la violation

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to violate -> violation

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terrorise

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to terrorize

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enlever -> un enlèvement

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to kidnap -> a kidnapping

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emprisonner -> l’incarcération

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to imprison -> imprisonment

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retenir en captivité -> un détenu

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to detain -> a detainee

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torturer -> un tortionnaire

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to torture -> a torturer

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massacrer -> un massacre/ carnage

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to massacre/slaughter -> a massacre/slaughter

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une tuerie

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a mass killing

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exterminer -> l’extermination

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to exterminate -> extermination

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un génocide

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a genocide

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la terreur -> un terroriste -> terroriser

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terror -> a terrorist -> to terrorize

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un séparatiste

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a separatist

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un militant islamiste

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an Islamic militant / a jihadi

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une alerte à la bombe

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bomb scare

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une cible civile

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a civilian target

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un attentat terroriste

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a terrorist attack

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une bombe à retardement

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a time bomb

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un engin

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a device

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télécommandé

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remote controlled

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viser

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to aim at

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frapper une cible

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to hit a target

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abattre

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to gun down

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être impliqué dans

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to be involved in

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faire sauter

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to blow up

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un attentat suicide

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a suicide attempt

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un explosif

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an explosive

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bourré de

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packed with

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désamorcer

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to defuse

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déchiqueté

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mangled

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ravagé

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wrecked

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les décombres

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the rubble

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un otage -> la prise d’otages -> prendre qq en otage

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a hostage -> hostaging -> to take sby hostage

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enlever -> un enlèvement

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to abduct -> an abduction

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un ravisseur -> un prisonnier

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a captor -> a captive

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retenir / détenir

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to hold

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les yeux bandés

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blindfolded

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exécuter -> une exécution

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to execute -> an execution

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libérer

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to free / to release

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sauver, libérer

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to rescue

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échanger

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to swap

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traquer qqun

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to track down sby

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infiltrer

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to penetrate

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un agent -> une agence

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an agent -> an agency

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informer -> un informateur -> des renseignements

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to inform -> an informer -> information

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une mission

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a mission

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secret -> le secret

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secret -> secrecy

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un espion -> espionner qqun -> l’espionnage

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a spy -> to spy on sby -> spying/espionage

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rompre ≠ établir les relations diplomatiques

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to break off ≠ to restore diplomatic relations

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le respect des droits de l’homme

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respect for human rights

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promouvoir les droits de l’homme

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to further human rights

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un militant des droits de l’homme

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a human rights activist

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violation des droits de l’homme

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human rights abuses

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bafouer les droits de qqun

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to trample on sby’s rights

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une arrestation arbitraire

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an arbitrary arrest

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un procès sommaire

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a summary trial

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un crime contre l’humanité

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a crime against humanity

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la menace du terrorisme

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the threat of terrorism

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une vague de terrorisme

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a spate of terrorism

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céder au terrorisme

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to give in to terrorism

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un mouvement terroriste

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a terrorist movement

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un groupe terroriste

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a terrorist group

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organiser un attentat terroriste

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to mount a terrorist attack

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perpétrer un attentat terroriste

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to carry out a terrorist attack

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poser une bombe

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to plant a bomb

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l’auteur de la bombe

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the bomb maker

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larguer des bombes

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to drop bombs

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des attentats aveugles

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random bombings

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être réglé pour exploser

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to be timed to go off

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faire exploser une bombe

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to set off a bomb

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un preneur d’otages

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a hostage taker

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fixer un ultimatum

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to issue an ultimatum

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reporter la date fixée pour qqch

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to extend a deadline for stg

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récupérer un otage

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to retrieve a hostage

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libérer des otages

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to free / release hostages

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obtenir la libération de

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to win the release of

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renforcer la sécurité

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to tighten security

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accroître les contrôles aux frontières

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to step up border controls

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fouiller les bagages à la main

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to search hand luggage

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franchir un portique de détection de métaux

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to step through a metal detector

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passer les bagages aux rayons X

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to X-ray luggage

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des mesures de sécurité draconiennes

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drastic security measures

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