International relations Flashcards

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Prisonnier de guerre

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POW (prisonner of war)

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Une arme de destruction massive

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A WMD (weapon of mass desorders)

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Un missile de longue portée

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A long-range missile

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Les retombés radioactives

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Nuclear fallout

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La dissuasion nuclear

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The nuclear deterent

Nuclear deterrence

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Les essais nucléaires

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Nuclear testing

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Reagir, user de représailles

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To retaliate

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Émettre des menaces

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To issue threats

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Reprendre les discussions

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To resum talks

To the resumption of talks

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Féliciter qq de qqch

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To congratulate sby on sth

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Staunch

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Loyal / ardent

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Etre hante par

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To be haunted by

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Etre gravé

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To be engraved

To be etched

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14
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L’enfer sur terre

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The hell on earth

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15
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Les conséquences

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Aftermath

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Une organisation humanitaire

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A relief agency

17
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Admettre

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To admit to doING

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Etre sur le point de

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To be on the brink of

19
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Faire un essai nucléaire

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To test a fire missile

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Une ogive

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A warheard

21
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Une pays sous la protection nucléaire d’un autre

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An umbrella state

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Avoir un excès de colère

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To have a fit of rage

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Faire un caprice

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To have a tantrum

24
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L’art d’aller jusqu’aux limites du possible

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Brinkmanship

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Une politique de la corde raide

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A political brinkmanship

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Faire une proposition diplomatique à qq (business)

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To make a diplomatic ouverture to sby

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Qui sommeille

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Dormant

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L’élément moteur

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The driving force behing sth

29
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La récession économique

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The credit crunch