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Deck 30: War And Peace Flashcards

1
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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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5
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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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7
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Une épreuve de force, un bras de fer

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A showdown

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8
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Militaire / civile

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Military / civilian

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9
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Les militaires

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The military

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10
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Un belliciste

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A warmonger

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11
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La propagande belliciste

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Warmongering

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12
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Un militariste

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A militarist

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13
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Militariste

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Militaristic

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14
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Être en guerre / en paix

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To be at war / at peace

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15
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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 enemy, against an enemy

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17
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Un allié

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An ally

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18
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Éclater

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To break out

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19
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Se battre

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To fight

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20
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Attaquer / défendre

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To attack / to defend

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21
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Conquérir

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To conquer

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22
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La conquête

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Conquest

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23
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Envahir

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To invade

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24
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Assiéger

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To besiege

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25
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Les forces armées

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Armed forces

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26
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Un corps expéditionnaire

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A task force

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27
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Les troupes

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Troops

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28
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Les forces aéronavales

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Air and sea forces

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29
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Une campagne militaire

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A military campaign

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30
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Le champ de bataille

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The battlefield

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31
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Déployer

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To deploy

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32
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Le déploiement

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Deployment

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33
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Retirer des troupes d’un endroit

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To withdraw troops from a place

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34
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Le retrait

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Withdrawal

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35
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Un blocus

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A blockade

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36
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Vaincre un adversaire

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Te defeat an adversary

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37
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Un revers

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A setback

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38
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Des représailles

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Reprisals, retaliation

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39
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User de représailles envers qqn

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To retaliate against sb

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40
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Un vainqueur

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A victor

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41
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Un militaire, un soldat

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A serviceman, a soldier

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42
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Un militaire de carrière

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A professional soldier, a career soldier

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43
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S’engager, s’enrôler dans l’armée de l’air

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To join, to enlist in the Air Force

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44
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Recruter

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To recruit

45
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Une recrue

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A recruit

46
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Un officier

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An officer

47
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Un objecteur de conscience

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A conscientious objector

48
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Déserter

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To desert

49
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Un déserteur

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A deserter

50
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Des armes

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Weapons, arms

51
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Des armes de destruction massive

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Weapons of mass destruction, WMDs

52
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Un arsenal

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An arsenal

53
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Des munitions

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Ammunition, munitions

54
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Une bombe

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A bomb

55
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Un bombardement

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A bombing, a bombardment

56
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Un bombardier

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A bomber

57
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Des armes intelligentes

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Smart weapons

58
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Une frappe, une intervention aérienne

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An air strike

59
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Une frappe chirurgicale

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A surgical strike

60
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Un bombardier furtif

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A stealth bomber

61
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Un porte-avion

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An aircraft carrier

62
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Un avion de chasse, un chasseur

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A fighter (plane)

63
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Un drone, un avion téléguidé

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A drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

64
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Un missile

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A missile

65
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La guerre des nerfs/ d’usure

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War of nerves / of attrition

66
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La guerre nucléaire/ biologique / chimique

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Nuclear/ biological/ chemical warfare

67
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Massacre

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Slaughter, massacre

68
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Effusion de sang, carnage, boucherie

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Bloodshed

69
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Les blessés

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The wounded

70
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Les morts et les blessés

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The casualties

71
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Bilan des victimes

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Death toll

72
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Bombarder

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To bomb

73
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Le renseignement

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Intelligence

74
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Espionner un ennemi

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To spy on an enemy

75
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Satellite-espion

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A spy satellite, a surveillance satellite

76
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Un crime de guerre

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A war crime

77
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Un criminel de guerre

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A war criminal

78
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Un crime contre l’humanité

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A crime against humanity

79
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Un genocide

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A genocide

80
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Purification ethnique

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Ethnic cleansing

81
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Exterminer

A

To exterminate

82
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Un cessez le feu

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A ceasefire

83
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Une trêve

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A truce

84
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Se rendre

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To surrender

85
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Une armistice

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An armistice

86
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Le désarmement

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Disarmament

87
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Un pacifiste

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A peace campaigner, a pacifist, a peacenik

88
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Un bourbier

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A quagmire

89
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L’enlisement

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Stalemate

90
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Des pourparlers de paix

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Peace talks

91
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Le processus de paix

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The peace process

92
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Un accord de paix

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A peace agreement, a peace accord, a peace settlement

93
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Un traité de paix

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A peace treaty

94
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Le dividende de la paix

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The peace dividend

95
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Un prisonnier de guerre

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A prisoner of war, a POW

96
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Être porté disparu

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To be reported missing

97
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S’absenter sans permission, manquer à l’appel

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To be absent without leave, AWOL

98
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Un ancien combattant

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A veteran, a vet

99
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Un amputé

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An amputee

100
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Être estropié, mutilé pour la vie

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Be maimed for life

101
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Névrosé post-traumatique

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD

102
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Un homme prévenu en vaut deux

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Forewarned is forearmed

103
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A la guerre comme à la guerre

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All’s fair in love and war

104
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Être sur le sentier de la guerre

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To be on the war-path

105
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Ne pas faire de cadeaux

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To take no prisoners

106
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Baisser la garde

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To drop your guard, let your guard down

107
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Avoir le dessus

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To have the upper hand

108
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Être pris entre deux feu

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To be caught in the crossfire

109
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Enterrer la hache de guerre

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To bury the hatchet

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