Geography, History & War 2 Flashcards

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1
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le fusil

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rifle

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le canon

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gun, cannon

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le crime de guerre

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war crime

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le criminel/la criminelle de guerre

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war criminal

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le crime contre l’humanité

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crime against humanity

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l’hôpital militaire (m)

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veteran hospital

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les blessés de guerre

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war-wounded

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les réparations de guerre (f)

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war reparations

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les dépenses militaires (f)

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defence spending

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le marché des armes

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arms trade

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la vente des armes

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arms sales

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le désarmement

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disarmament

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la conscription

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conscription

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l’appel (m)

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call-up

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le recrutement

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recruitment

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l’engagement (m)

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enlistment

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la Corse

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Corsica

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la Côte d’Azur

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French Riviera

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Douvres

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Dover

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Londres

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London

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Edinbourg

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Edinburgh

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Copenhague

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Copenhagen

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la Haye

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the Hague

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Anvers

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Antwerp

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Bruxelles

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Brussels

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Genève

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Geneva

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Vienne

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Vienna

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Francfort

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Frankfurt

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Barcelone

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Barcelona

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Lisbonne

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Lisbon

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Venise

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Venice

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Athènes

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Athens

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Moscou

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Moscow

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Varsovie

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Warsaw

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Cracovie

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Cracow

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Bucarest

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Bucharest

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Singapour

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Singapore

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Baghdad

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Baghdad

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39
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la Mecque

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Mecca

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Téhéran

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Teheran

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Damas

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Damascus

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Alger

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Algiers

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Tanger

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Tangiers

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44
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Le Caire

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Cairo

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45
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la carte routière

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road map

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la carte touristique

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tourist map

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47
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la carte météorologique

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weather map

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48
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le plan des rues

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street map

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49
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le plan du métro

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underground map

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50
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la latitude

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latitude

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51
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la longitude

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longitude

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52
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le méridien

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meridian

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53
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le parallèle

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parallel

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l’hémisphère (m)

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hemisphere

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55
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la sierra

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sierra

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56
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la source

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source (river)

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le bassin

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basin

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le cirque

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cirque

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le cratère

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crater

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la dépression

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depression

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61
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le volcan au repos

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dormant volcano

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le volcan en activité

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active volcano

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la faille

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fault

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le plissement

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fold

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65
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le geyser

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geyser

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le glacier

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glacier

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la glaciation

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glaciation

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glaciaire

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glacial

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la veine

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seam

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70
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la corniche

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shelf

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le sédiment

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sediment

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la sédimentation

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sedimentation

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73
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la strate

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stratum

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l’annaliste (m/f)

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annalist

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75
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le/la mémorialiste

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memorialist

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l’archiviste (m/f)

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archivist

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77
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les archives (f)

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archives

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78
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le scribe

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scribe

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79
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entrer dans l’histoire

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to go down in history

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80
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chargé d’histoire

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steeped in history

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81
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la féodalité

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feudal system, feudalism

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le féodal

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feudal lord

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83
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féodal

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feudal

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84
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les fouilles (f)

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excavation

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85
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la déportation

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deportation

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86
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les travaux forcés (m)

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penal servitude

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le pilori

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pillory

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88
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plébéien/-ienne

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plebeian

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la plèbe

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plebeians

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les racoleurs (m)

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press-gang

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l’asile de pauvres

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workhouse, almshouse

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92
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ouvrir les hostilités

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to begin hostilities

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93
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cesser les hostilités

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to cease hostilities

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prendre d’assaut

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to take by storm

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95
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gagner du terrain

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to gain ground

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céder du terrain

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to lose ground

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assiéger

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to besiege

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anéantir

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to annihilate

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99
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la puissance de combat

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combat power

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100
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le raid aérien

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air raid

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le blocus

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blockade

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102
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le siège

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siege

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103
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le champ de mines

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minefield

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104
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poser une mine

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lay a mine

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105
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heurter une mine

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to hit a mine

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106
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le déminage

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bomb disposal

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l’accrochage (m)

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skirmish

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l’agitation (f)

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unrest

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l’état d’alerte (m)

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state of emergency

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110
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couver

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to simmer

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111
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déclencher

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to trigger

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112
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décrisper

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to defuse (situation), de-escalate

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l’armement léger (m)

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light armament

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114
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l’armement lourd (m)

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heavy armament

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115
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l’arme de destruction massive (f)

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mass destruction weapon

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l’arme à feu (f)

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firearm

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l’arme de service (f)

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standard issue weapon

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118
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l’artillerie (f)

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artillery

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119
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l’artillerie antiaérienne (f)

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anti-aircraft guns

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120
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les munitions (f)

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ammunition

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121
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la balle

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bullet

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122
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la grenade

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grenade

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123
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la grenade à main

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hand grenade

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124
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la grenade fumigène

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smoke grenade

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125
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le poignard

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knife, dagger

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126
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la baïonnette

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bayonet

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127
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la matraque

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truncheon, cosh, cudgel

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le colt

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revolver

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129
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la gâchette

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trigger

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130
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la carabine

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rifle

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131
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le pistolet mitrailleur

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submachine gun

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132
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le fusil mitrailleur

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machine-gun

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la mitrailleuse

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machine-gun

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134
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la mitraillette

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sub-machine gun

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135
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le lance-roquettes

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rocket-launcher

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136
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le lance-flammes

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flame-thrower

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137
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le lance-missiles

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missile launcher

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le missile guidé

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guided missile

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139
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le missile de croisière

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cruise missile

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140
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le missile longue portée

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long-range missile

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le torpilleur

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torpedo boat

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142
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la torpille

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torpedo

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143
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le char d’assaut

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tank

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144
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blindé

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armour-plated

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145
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le blindé

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tank, armoured vehicle

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146
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l’engin (m)

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device

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147
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l’engin balistique (m)

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ballistic missile

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148
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l’engin explosif (m)

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explosive device

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149
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l’engin incendiaire (m

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incendiary device

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150
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l’engin au plastic (m)

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plastic explosives device

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l’engin nucléaire (m)

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nuclear device

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le stock d’armes nucléaires

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nuclear arms stockpile

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l’unité (f)

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unit

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le contingent

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contingent, unit

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le bataillon

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battalion

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l’escadron (m)

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squadron

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la compagnie

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company

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le peloton

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platoon

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la patrouille

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patrol

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être de patrouille

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to be on patrol

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le détachement

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detachment, patrol

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la colonne

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column

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le guérillero

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guerrilla

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la guérilla

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guerrilla warfare

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le démineur

A

bomb disposal expert

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l’artificier (m)

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bomb disposal expert

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l’artilleur (m)

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gunner

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le parachutiste

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paratrooper

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le/la télégraphiste

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signalman

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le grenadier

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grenadier

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le soldat de réserve

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reservist

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le maréchal

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field marshal

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le colonel

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colonel

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le capitaine

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captain

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le lieutenant

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lieutenant

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le sous-lieutenant

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second lieutenant

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le sergent

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sergeant

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le sergent-major

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sergeant major

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le caporal

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corporal

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le sous-officier

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non-commissioned officer

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le simple soldat

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private

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l’amiral (m)

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admiral

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le vice-amiral

A

vice-admiral

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les casques bleus (m)

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peace-keeping forces

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le service de santé

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medical corps

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le quartier général

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headquarters

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le garnison

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garrison

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la caserne

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barracks

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la chambrée

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barrack-room

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le cantonnement

A

billet

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cantonner

A

to billet

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la forteresse

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fortress

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les remparts (m)

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ramparts

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la tranchée

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trench

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le retranchement

A

entrenchment

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l’engagement (m)

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enlistment

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les civils (m)

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civilians

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l’otage (m/f)

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hostage

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l’espion/l’espionne

A

spy

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l’approvisionnement (m)

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supplies

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les vivres (m)

A

supplies

202
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la revue de détail

A

kit-inspection

203
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défiler

A

to parade

204
Q

le défilé

A

parade

205
Q

marcher au pas

A

to march

206
Q

former les rangs

A

to fall in

207
Q

rompre les rangs

A

to fall out

208
Q

la course aux armements

A

arms race

209
Q

démanteler

A

to dismantle

210
Q

désarmer

A

to decommission

211
Q

le désarmement

A

disarmament

212
Q

le désarmement unilatéral

A

unilateral disarmament

213
Q

dénucléariser

A

denuclearise

214
Q

la zone dénucléarisée

A

nuclear-free zone

215
Q

la géologie

A

geology

216
Q

le/la géologue

A

geologist

217
Q

la géographie économique

A

geonomics

218
Q

la géopolitique

A

geopolitics

219
Q

géopolitique

A

geopolitical

220
Q

la géophysique

A

geophysics

221
Q

le/la géophysicien/la géophysicienne

A

geophysicist

222
Q

la géochimie

A

geochemistry

223
Q

le/la géochimiste

A

geochemist

224
Q

les Orcades (f)

A

the Orkneys

225
Q

les îles Shetland (f)

A

the Shetlands

226
Q

les Hébrides occidentales (f)

A

Western Isles

227
Q

les îles anglo-normandes (f)

A

the Channel Islands

228
Q

les Sorlingues

A

the Scilly Isles

229
Q

la région des lacs

A

the Lake District

230
Q

Cornouailles (f)

A

Cornwall

231
Q

flamand

A

Flemish

232
Q

les Wallons

A

the Walloons

233
Q

la Tamise

A

the Thames

234
Q

le Rhin

A

the Rhine

235
Q

Lyon

A

Lyons

236
Q

Marseille

A

Marseilles

237
Q

Dunkerque

A

Dunkirk

238
Q

la Cisjordanie

A

the West Bank

239
Q

la Bande de Gaza

A

the Gaza Strip

240
Q

le Canal de Suez

A

the Suez Canal

241
Q

l’Himalaya (m)

A

the Himalayas

242
Q

le Far West

A

the Wild West

243
Q

les Grandes Plaines

A

the Great Plains

244
Q

les Rocheuses

A

the Rockies

245
Q

le golfe du Mexique

A

the Gulf of Mexico

246
Q

le canal de Panama

A

Panama Canal

247
Q

la Grande Barrière de Corail

A

the Great Barrier Reef

248
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les Grands Lacs

A

the Great Lakes

249
Q

le golfe Persique

A

the Persian Gulf

250
Q

le cercle polaire arctique

A

Arctic Circle

251
Q

le cercle polaire antarctique

A

Antarctic Circle

252
Q

le tropique du Capricorne

A

tropic of Capricorn

253
Q

le tropique du Cancer

A

tropic of Cancer

254
Q

la plate-forme continentale

A

continental shelf

255
Q

le plateau continental

A

continental shelf

256
Q

la ligne de changement de date

A

dateline

257
Q

l’étude topographique

A

survey (of land)

258
Q

l’étude hydrographique

A

survey (of sea-bed)

259
Q

la carte d’état-major

A

ordnance survey map

260
Q

la carte hypsométrique

A

contour map

261
Q

la courbe hypsométrique

A

contour line

262
Q

la courbe de niveau

A

contour line

263
Q

la zone désertique

A

dustbowl

264
Q

la laisse

A

mud flat

265
Q

le point d’eau

A

water hole

266
Q

la ligne de partage des eaux

A

watershed

267
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le niveau hydrostatique

A

water table

268
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la voie navigable

A

waterway

269
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le substrat rocheux

A

bedrock

270
Q

la roche ignée

A

igneous rock

271
Q

le dépouillement des documents

A

scrutiny of the documents

272
Q

le souci de la vérité

A

concern for truth

273
Q

la paléographie

A

palaeography

274
Q

le/la paléographe

A

palaeographer

275
Q

la téléologie

A

teleology

276
Q

téléologique

A

teleological

277
Q

â travers les âges

A

through the ages

278
Q

â travers les siècles

A

through the ages

279
Q

l’Age de la pierre polie

A

the Neolithic age

280
Q

néolithique

A

Neolithic

281
Q

l’Age de la pierre taillée

A

the Palaeolithic age

282
Q

paléolithique

A

Palaeolithic

283
Q

la paléontologie

A

palaeontology

284
Q

le/la paléontologiste

A

palaeontologist

285
Q

l’homme de Néanderthal

A

Neanderthal Man

286
Q

l’Age de la Lumière

A

the Age of Reason

287
Q

le Siècle des Lumières

A

the Enlightenment

288
Q

la période glaciaire

A

Ice Age

289
Q

l’Age de pierre (m)

A

Stone Age

290
Q

l’Age de fer

A

Iron Age

291
Q

Toutankhamon

A

Tutankhamun

292
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byzantin

A

Byzantine

293
Q

l’Empire d’Orient

A

Byzantine Empire

294
Q

hellénique

A

Hellenic

295
Q

l’Empire Romain

A

Roman Empire

296
Q

l’ère chrétien

A

Christian era

297
Q

le Moyen Age

A

Middle Ages

298
Q

carolingien

A

Carolingian

299
Q

le bas Moyen Age

A

early middle ages

300
Q

le haut Moyen Age

A

late middle ages

301
Q

médiéval

A

medieval

302
Q

le/la médiéviste

A

medievalist

303
Q

la croisade

A

crusade

304
Q

partir pour les croisades

A

to go on the Crusades

305
Q

le croisé

A

crusader

306
Q

le Templier

A

Knight Templar

307
Q

l’héraldique (f)

A

heraldry

308
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le baron pillard

A

robber baron

309
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le bûcher

A

stake

310
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être brûlé sur le bûcher

A

to be burnt at the stake

311
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le Normand

A

Norman

312
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la conquête normande

A

Norman Conquest

313
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la guerre de Cent Ans

A

Hundred Years War

314
Q

la Renaissance

A

Renaissance

315
Q

la Réforme

A

Reformation

316
Q

la Tête ronde

A

Roundhead

317
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le baroque

A

the Baroque

318
Q

la Conspiration des Poudres

A

Gunpowder Plot

319
Q

les Pères Pèlerins

A

Pilgrim Fathers

320
Q

la Guerre d’Indépendance

A

War of Independence

321
Q

l’esclavage (m)

A

slavery

322
Q

le commerce des esclaves

A

slave trading

323
Q

le marchand d’esclaves

A

slave trader

324
Q

la Côte des Esclaves

A

Slave Coast

325
Q

le négrier

A

slaver

326
Q

la Constitution (f) des Etats-Unis

A

the Bill of Rights

327
Q

les Etats confédérés (d’Amérique)

A

the Confederacy

328
Q

la guerre de sécession

A

American Civil War

329
Q

l’abolitionnisme (m)

A

abolitionism

330
Q

l’abolitionniste

A

abolitionist

331
Q

la révolution industrielle

A

Industrial Revolution

332
Q

la Première Guerre mondiale

A

First World War

333
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la prohibition

A

prohibition

334
Q

le prohibitionniste

A

prohibitionist

335
Q

le prohibitionnisme

A

prohibitionism

336
Q

la grande dépression

A

Great Depression

337
Q

les marches de la faim (f)

A

Hunger March

338
Q

le New Deal

A

New Deal

339
Q

la grande guerre

A

the Great War

340
Q

la guerre de quatorze

A

the 1914-18 War

341
Q

l’entre-deux-guerres

A

inter-war period

342
Q

la guerre d’Espagne

A

Spanish Civil War

343
Q

la drôle de guerre

A

phoney war

344
Q

le national-socialisme

A

National Socialism

345
Q

la Chemise noire

A

Blackshirt

346
Q

la Chemise brune

A

Brownshirt

347
Q

les jeunesses hitlériennes (f)

A

Hitler Youth

348
Q

les SS (m)

A

the SS

349
Q

la Seconde Guerre mondiale

A

Second World War

350
Q

la résistance

A

Resistance

351
Q

le blitz

A

Blitz

352
Q

l’holocauste (m)

A

Holocaust

353
Q

la libération

A

Liberation

354
Q

le pacte de Varsovie

A

Warsaw Pact

355
Q

le rideau de fer

A

Iron Curtain

356
Q

le bloc des pays de l’Est

A

The Eastern Block

357
Q

la révolution culturelle

A

Cultural Revolution

358
Q

la guerre du Viêt-nam

A

Vietnam War

359
Q

l’affaire (f) de Suez

A

Suez Crisis

360
Q

la guerre du Golfe

A

Gulf War

361
Q

l’ère industrielle

A

industrial era

362
Q

l’ère atomique

A

atomic era

363
Q

les troupes de ligne

A

front-line troops

364
Q

les troupes de choc

A

assault troops

365
Q

les troupes de débarquement

A

landing troops

366
Q

l’ordre de bataille (m)

A

battle formation

367
Q

la bataille rangée

A

pitched battle

368
Q

l’état de siège (m)

A

state of siege

369
Q

l’escalade (f)

A

escalation

370
Q

la désescalade

A

de-escalation

371
Q

la trêve

A

truce

372
Q

les retombées radioactives (f)

A

radioactive fallout

373
Q

le repli

A

withdrawal

374
Q

l’embuscade (f)

A

ambush

375
Q

le guet-apens

A

ambush

376
Q

l’échauffourée (f)

A

skirmish

377
Q

l’ogive nucléaire (f)

A

nuclear warhead

378
Q

la grenade lacrymogène

A

tear-gas grenade

379
Q

la percée

A

breach, breakthrough

380
Q

les représailles (f)

A

reprisals

381
Q

les ravages (m)

A

devastation

382
Q

le massacre

A

massacre

383
Q

le feu nourri

A

heavy fire

384
Q

le franc-tireur

A

irregular

385
Q

le tireur isolé

A

sniper

386
Q

tirer à vue

A

to shoot on sight

387
Q

être à portée de tir

A

to be within shooting range

388
Q

faire mouche

A

to hit the target

389
Q

une escarmouche (f)

A

skirmish

390
Q

l’échauffourée (f)

A

clash

391
Q

la bataille rangée

A

pitched battle

392
Q

la place forte

A

stronghold

393
Q

le lieu sûr

A

safe haven

394
Q

se replier

A

to fall back

395
Q

le dégagement

A

withdrawal

396
Q

le dégel

A

thaw

397
Q

se déployer

A

to be deployed

398
Q

dissuasif

A

deterrent

399
Q

le paquet piégé

A

a parcel bomb

400
Q

la voiture piégée

A

car bomb

401
Q

poser une bombe

A

to plant a bomb

402
Q

le bombardier invisible

A

Stealth bomber

403
Q

l’hélico

A

chopper

404
Q

le gaz toxique

A

poison gas

405
Q

le gaz paralysant

A

nerve gas

406
Q

le défoliant

A

defoliant

407
Q

le dragueur de mines

A

minesweeper

408
Q

draguer

A

to sweep

409
Q

le fusil antichar

A

anti-tank gun

410
Q

le fusil à lunette

A

gun with telescopic sight

411
Q

le fusil à répétition

A

repeater

412
Q

la fusée éclairante

A

flare

413
Q

la fusée antichar

A

anti-tank rocket

414
Q

la fusée de signalisation

A

signal rocket

415
Q

la fusée de détresse

A

distress rocket

416
Q

la fusée asphyxiante

A

gas bomb

417
Q

la fusée gigogne

A

multistage rocket

418
Q

la fusée à étages

A

multistage rocket

419
Q

la fusée intercontinentale

A

intercontinental ballistic missile

420
Q

la fusée air-air

A

air-to-air missile

421
Q

la fusée mer-air

A

sea-to-air missile

422
Q

la fusée mer-mer

A

ship-to-ship missile

423
Q

la fusée sol-air

A

surface-to-air missile

424
Q

l’armure (f)

A

armour

425
Q

la canonnade

A

cannonade, heavy gunfire

426
Q

canonner

A

to shell, bombard

427
Q

la canonnière

A

gunboat

428
Q

la décharge

A

volley (of shots), salvo

429
Q

décharger

A

to discharge, fire

430
Q

la salve

A

salvo

431
Q

la rafale

A

burst (of gunfire)

432
Q

pilonner

A

to pound, shell, bombard

433
Q

le pilonnage

A

pounding, shelling, bombardment

434
Q

l’état-major (m)

A

staff

435
Q

l’officier d’état-major (m)

A

staff officer

436
Q

les hommes de troupe

A

rank and file

437
Q

le dragon

A

dragoon

438
Q

l’aumônier militaire (m)

A

chaplain, padre

439
Q

le brancardier

A

stretcher-bearer

440
Q

l’ordonnance (f)

A

orderly

441
Q

la sentinelle

A

sentry

442
Q

l’éclaireur

A

scout

443
Q

le fantassin

A

infantryman

444
Q

le soldat de l’infanterie

A

infantryman

445
Q

le soldat du génie

A

engineer

446
Q

le guet

A

watch

447
Q

faire le guet

A

to be on watch

448
Q

le guetteur

A

look-out

449
Q

la garde d’honneur

A

guard of honour

450
Q

l’estafette (f)

A

courier

451
Q

le tireur d’élite

A

marksman

452
Q

le canonnier

A

gunner

453
Q

le peloton d’exécution

A

firing squad

454
Q

le mutilé de guerre

A

disabled war veteran

455
Q

le belliciste

A

warmonger

456
Q

la force de frappe

A

strike force

457
Q

la force de maintien de la paix

A

peacekeeping force

458
Q

le fusilier

A

rifleman

459
Q

le fusilier marin

A

marine

460
Q

le fusilier mitrailleur

A

machine gunner

461
Q

le pourvoyeur

A

server

462
Q

le service des transmissions

A

signal corps

463
Q

l’avant-garde (f)

A

vanguard

464
Q

l’arrière-garde (f)

A

rearguard

465
Q

le factionnaire

A

sentry, guard

466
Q

la faction

A

guard duty

467
Q

être en faction

A

to be on guard duty

468
Q

le bleu

A

rookie, raw recruit

469
Q

le briscard

A

veteran

470
Q

être en grand uniforme

A

to be in full dress

471
Q

être en tenue de campagne

A

to be in battle dress

472
Q

le casque

A

helmet

473
Q

l’insigne (m)

A

badge

474
Q

la cartouche

A

cartridge

475
Q

la cartouchière

A

cartridge-belt

476
Q

le galon

A

stripe

477
Q

le chevron

A

stripe, chevron

478
Q

chevronné

A

seasoned

479
Q

l’épaulette (f)

A

epaulette

480
Q

la médaille

A

medal

481
Q

le pare-balles

A

bullet shield

482
Q

le gilet pare-balles

A

bullet-proof jacket

483
Q

le treillis

A

fatigues

484
Q

la musette

A

haversack

485
Q

le congé

A

leave

486
Q

la permission

A

leave

487
Q

le conseil de révision

A

draft board

488
Q

l’insoumission (f)

A

insubordination, draft evasion

489
Q

partir sans permission

A

to go AWOL

490
Q

la mutinerie

A

mutiny

491
Q

cantonner

A

to billet

492
Q

le champ de manoeuvres

A

parade ground

493
Q

hisser les couleurs

A

to hoist the flag

494
Q

former les rangs

A

to fall in

495
Q

rompre les rangs

A

to fall out

496
Q

la corvée

A

fatigue duty

497
Q

le mirador

A

watchtower

498
Q

la guérite

A

sentry box

499
Q

la chair à canon

A

cannon-fodder

500
Q

porté disparu

A

missing in action