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faire progresser

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to further

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une marque de fabrique

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a trademark

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jouer son joker

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to opt out

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adopter une politique attentiste

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to sit on the fence

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l’influence

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clout

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le pouvoir

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might

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régner en maitre

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to call the shots

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décroître

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to wane

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évincer

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to oust

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en conflit permanent

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at loggerheads

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s’efforcer de

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to strive

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remplacer

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to supplant

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tué

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slain

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retirer

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to withdraw

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à l’étranger

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on foreign soil

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un marécage, un bourbier

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a mire

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conseiller vivement

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to urge

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porter le fardeau

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to bear the load

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distribuer avec largesse

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to dole out

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l’aide d’urgence

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sticking plaster aid

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jusqu’à présent, à ce jour

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hitherto

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le dialogue est préférable à la guerre.

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“jaw jaw is better than war war” Churchill

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révolter, enrager

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to incense

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prendre en compte, tenir compte de

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to reckon with

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l’origine, le début, le lancement

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the inception

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belliciste, belligérant

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warmongering

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Kadhafi

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Gaddafi

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la politique de la canonnière

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“The gunboat diplomacy”

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maladroit, gaffeur

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blundering

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un tremplin

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a springboard

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vers l’extérieur

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outward

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Une intrusion, une entrée

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an encroachment

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naitre de l’imagination de

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to be brainchild of…

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prôner une politique de rapprochement

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to advocate a rapprochement policy

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un pont aérien

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a airlift

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supporter l’essentiel d’une offensive

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to bear the brunt of an offensive

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une trouvaille, une création

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a brainchild

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ramener quelqu’un à la raison

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to bring sb to heel

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appliquer une politique

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to carry out/ to implement / to conduct a policy

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engager des troupes

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to commit troops

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un engagement

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commitment

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une opération clandestine

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a cover operation

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la politique de la détente

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détente policy

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se désintégrer

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to desintegrate

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imploser

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to implode

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élargir

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to enlarge

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l’élargissement

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the enlargement

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un face-à-face, une épreuve de force

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a face-off

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des connaissances floues, vagues

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fuzzy knowledge

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recueillir des renseignements

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to gather intelligence

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fusiller qqn du regard

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to glare at sb

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la guérilla

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guerrilla warfare

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fomenter un complot

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to hatch a plot

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organiser un sommet

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to hold a summit (to)/ a meeting

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imposer

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to impose

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lever un embargo

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to lift an embargo

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les services de renseignements

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intelligence agency

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faire la guerre

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to wage, to make war

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le matériel militaire lourd

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military hardware

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écraser qqn

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to overwhelm sby

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une victoire écrasante

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an overwhelming victory

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être diamétralement opposés

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to be poles apart

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l’emporter sur qqn

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to prevail on sb

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se battre par personne interposée

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to fight by proxy?

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espionner qqn

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to spy on sb

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un espion

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a spy

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l’espionnage/ espionnage

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espionage

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organiser un coup d’État

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to stage a coup/ a takeover

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prendre le pouvoir

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to take over

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une impasse

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a stalemate

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être dans l’impasse

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to be stalemated

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la frappe chirurgicale

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a “surgical strike”

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l’oscillation du pendule

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the swing of the pendulum

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abattre un mur

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to tear down a wall

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le corollaire Roosevelt

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the Roosevelt Corollary

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l’amiante

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asbestos

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Agence Américaine anti-drogues

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DEA

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un État souverain

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a sovereign state

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la souveraineté

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sovereignty

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le droit international

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international law

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les affaires étrangères

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foreign affairs

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la politique extérieure, étrangère

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foreign policy

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planer sur

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to hover over …

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le poids régional

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regional heft

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rompre les relations

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to break off diplomatic relations

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reprendre les relations

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to resume diplomatic relations

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l’hégémonie

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hegemony

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impérialiste

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imperialistic

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l’équilibre des forces

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balance of power

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le système onusien

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the UN system

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un pays membre

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a member state

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appliquer une résolution

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to implement/ to enforce a resolution

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une opération de maintien de la paix

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a peace-keeping operation

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un casque bleu

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a blue helmet

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demander son adhésion à l’UE

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to apply to join the EU, to apply for EU membership

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négocier

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to negotiate

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des discussions, des pourparlers, des négociations

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negotiations

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faire une déclaration

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to issue/ to make a statement

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une réunion au sommet/ un sommet

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a summit (meeting)

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un communiqué

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a communiqué

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un homologue

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a counterpart

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un porte-parole

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a spokesman/woman, a spokesperson

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transiger

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to compromise

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aboutir à une impasse

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to reach/ to break a stalemate

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négocier un accord

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to broker an agreement

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les violations des droits de l’Homme

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human rights abuses, violations

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un conflit armé

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an armed conflict

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civil

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civilian

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l’ennemi

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eNemy

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la propagande belliciste

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warmongering

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militariste

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militaristic

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faire la guerre à un ennemi

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to wage war on/ against an enemy

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la conquête

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conquest

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envahir

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to invade

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une phrase concise

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a pithy phrase

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les forces armées

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armed forces

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un militaire

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a serviceman

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un militaire de carrière

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a professional soldier/ a career soldier

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

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to join the Air force, to enlist in the Air Force

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retirer des troupes d’un endroit

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to withdraw troops from a place

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le retrait

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the withdrawal

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un blocus

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a blockade

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user de représailles envers qqn

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to retaliate against sb

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un prisonnier de guerre

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a POW

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l’OTAN

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NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Des armes de destruction massive

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weapons of mass destruction, WMDs

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un bombardement

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a bombing

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un bombardier

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a bomber

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des armes intelligentes

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smart weapons

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un bombardier furtif

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a stealth bomber

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un porte-avions

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an aircraft carrier

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un avion de chasse, un chasseur

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a fighter (plane)

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la guerre nucléaire

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nuclear warfare

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la guerre biologique

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biological warfare

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la guerre chimique

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chemical warfare

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les blessés

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the wounded

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les morts et les blessés

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the casualties

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le renseignement

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intelligence

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un crime de guerre

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a war crime

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un criminel de guerre

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a war criminal

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la purification ethnique

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ethnic cleansing

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un crime contre l’humanité

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a crime against humanity

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Des pourparlers de paix

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peace talks

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le processus de paix

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peace process

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un accord de paix

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a peace agreement

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un traité de paix

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a peace treaty

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le désarmement

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disarmament

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le dividende de la paix

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the peace dividend

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un ancien combattant

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a vet, a veteran

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une névrose post-traumatique

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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la course aux armements

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the arms race

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un parapluie nucléaire

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a nuclear umbrella

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la capacité nucléaire

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nuclear capability

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des installations de production d’armes nucléaires

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nuclear weapons facilities

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la dissuasion nucléaire

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the nuclear deterrent

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les essais nucléaires

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nuclear testing

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un État-voyou

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a rogue State

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réaliser un essai

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to conduct a test

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les retombées d’une explosion nucléaire

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nuclear fallout

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un missile courte/ longue durée

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a short-range/ long-range missile

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un missile balistique inter-continental

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an intercontinental ballistic missile (an ICBM)

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un bouclier anti-missile

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an anti-missile defence system