October 14th - La Résistance Flashcards

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founding action

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un acte fondateur

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2
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Nazi Germany

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Allemagne (f) nazie

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3
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the Allies

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alliés (mpl)

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4
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underground army

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armée (f) souterraine

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5
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armistice

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armistice (m)

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6
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arrest

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arrestation (f)

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7
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attack

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attentat (m)

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8
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wait and see policy

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attentisme (m)

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9
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marking out

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balisage (m)

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10
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a nation at war

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un belligérant

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11
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concentration camp

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un camp de concentration

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12
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a surrender

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une capitulation

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13
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to stop fighting

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cesser le combat

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14
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secret

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clandestin(e)

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15
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resistance

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clandestinité (f)

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16
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collaborator

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collaborateur/collaboratrice

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17
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collaboration

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collaboration (f)

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18
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combatant

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combattant(e)

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19
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to co-ordinate

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coordonner

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20
Q

curfew

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couvre-feu (m)

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21
Q

swastika

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la croix gammée

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22
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defeat

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la défaite

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23
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to set France free

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délivrer la France

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24
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demoralisation

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la démoralisation

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exposure/betrayal
la dénonciation
26
internment (imprisonment in a concentration camp)
la déportation
27
internee (person sent to a concentration camp)
déporté(e)
28
detachment
le détachement
29
to spread/distribute
diffuser
30
leader
dirigeant(e)
31
phoney war
le drôle de guerre
32
in exile
en exil (m)
33
police machinery
un appareil policier
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contribution
un apport
35
a secret army
une armée des ombres
36
an army of occupation
une armée occupante
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to surround
encercler
38
an invader
un envahisseur
39
to escape
s'évader
40
forged papers
faux papiers (mpl)
41
German forces
forces (fpl) allemandes
42
an irregular soldier
un franc-tireur
43
to shoot
fusiller
44
"blitzkrieg" lightning war
le guerre-éclair
45
harrying
harcèlement (m)
46
to harry
harceler
47
pocket of resistance
un îlot de résistance
48
to establish itself
s'implanter
49
questioning
interpellation (f)
50
D-day
le jour J
51
liberator
le libérateur
52
liberation
la libération
53
demarcation line
la ligne de démarcation
54
loyalty
la loyauté
55
the Resistance
maquis (m)
56
member of the Resistance
un maquisard
57
marshal
le maréchal
58
to massacre
massacrer
59
militia
la milice
60
mobilisation
la mobilisation
61
movement
le mouvement
62
to flout
narguer
63
hostage
un otage
64
sticker/bill
un papillon
65
to parachute
parachuter
66
to paralyse
paralyser
67
patriot
patriote (m/f)
68
allied country
un pays allié
69
breakthrough
la percée
70
to pillage
piller
71
handful of men
la pointée d'hommes
72
civilian population
la population civile
73
underground press
la presse clandestine
74
prisoner of war
un prisonnier de guerre
75
hardship
privations (fpl)
76
round-up
la rafle
77
to unite
rallier
78
to round up
rassembler
79
rationing
le rationnement
80
to lay waste
ravager
81
resupplying
le ravitaillement
82
recruit
la recrue
83
draft doger
un réfractaire
84
the Vichy regime
le régime de Vichy
85
reinforcement
le renforcement
86
reprisals
représailles (fpl)
87
escape network
un réseau d'évasion
88
resistance fighter
résistant(e)
89
setback
un revers
90
a counter-attack
une riposte
91
sabotage
le sabotage
92
to sabotage
saboter
93
ill treatment
sévices (mpl)
94
French soil
le sol français
95
turning point
le tournant
96
pamphlet
un tract
97
betrayal
la trahision
98
traitor
un traître
99
to track down
traquer
100
troops
troupes (fpl)
101
victor
un vainqueur
102
occupied zone
la zone occupée
103
to carry out reprisals against...
exercer des représailles contre...
104
despite setbacks and heavy losses...
malgré des revers et des pertes considérables...
105
Moulin was brutally treated by his torturers
Moulin fut brutalisé par ses tortionnaires
106
to deal a blow to the nazi war machine
porter un coup à la machine de guerre nazie
107
to attack the enemy from behind
prendre l'ennemi à revers
108
the Vichy authorities
les autorités vichyssoises
109
attacks on German targets
des attaques contre des objectifs allemands
110
the death toll is unknown
le bilan des morts est aléatoire
111
the role of the underground press
la rôle de la presse clandestine
112
the psychological war
la guerre psychologique
113
to die for one's country
mourir pour la patrie
114
to create a commotion
faire un coup d'éclat
115
to do something secretly
faire quelque chose en cachette