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Lesson 85 : World affairs Flashcards

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Un partenaire

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A partner

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Les relations entre les pays

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Relations between countries

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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

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To negociate

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Un négociateur

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A negociator

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Des négociations

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Negotiations

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Un désaccord

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A disagreement

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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 sth

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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

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To draft

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Un avant-projet

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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

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To intervene

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L’intervention -> l’interventionnisme

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Intervention -> interventionism

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La diplomatie -> 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 -> 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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La question des droits de l’homme

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The human rights issue

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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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Terroriser

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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

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To imprison

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L’incarcération

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Imprisonment

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Retenir en captivité

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To detain

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Un détenu

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A detainee

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Torturer -> un tortionnaire

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To torture -> a torturer

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Massacrer

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To massacre, to slaughter

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Un massacre / un carnage

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A massacre / a 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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Le terrorisme

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Terrorism

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La terreur -> un terroriste

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A terror -> a terrorist

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Terroriser

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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 bomb

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A 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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La prise d’otages

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Hostage taking

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Un otage

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A hostage

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La prise d’otages

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Hostaging

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Prendre qq en otage

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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

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A captor

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Un prisonnier

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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

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To rescue

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Échanger

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To swap

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Traquer qqn

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To track down sby

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Infiltrer

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To penetrate

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Les services de renseignements

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Intelligence services

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Un agent / une agence

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An agent / an agency

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Informer / un informateur

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To inform / an informer

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Des renseignements

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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 qqn

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A spy -> to spy on sby

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L’espionnage

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Spying, espionage

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Rompre / rétablir les relations diplomatiques

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To break off / to restore diplomatic relations

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Le respect des droits de ‘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 doits 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 quelqu’un

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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 mouvement

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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 act

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Poser une bomb

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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 les 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 listage 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 qch

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To extend a deadline for sth

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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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Accroitre les contrôles aux frontières

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To step up border controls

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Fouiller les bagages à 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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