Terrorism Flashcards

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Un terroriste

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A terrorist

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La guerre contre le terrorisme

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The war on terror

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Un complot terroriste

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A terrorist plot

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Préparer un attentat

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To plot an attack

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Une conspiration

Un complot

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A conspiracy

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Un comploteur

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A plotter

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Un attentat (terroriste)

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A terrorist attack

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Un attentat a la bombe

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A bomb attack

A bombing

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Une tentative d’attentat

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An attempted bomb attack

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Un attentat manqué

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A failed bomb attack

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Une vague d’attentats

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A spate of bombing

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Faire exploser un bâtiment

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To carry out a bomb attack on a building

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Plastiquer

Faire sauter un bâtiment

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To blow up a building

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La cible d’un attentat

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The target of an attack

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Viser

Avoir pour cible une embrassade

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To target an embassy

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Une organisation terroriste

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A terrorist organization

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Le terrorisme “d’origine intérieure”

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Homegrown terrorism

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Revendiquer un attentat

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To claim responsibility for an attack

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Une menace

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A threat

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Menacer

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To threaten

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Céder a une menace

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To give up to a threat

To yield to a threat

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Exécuter une menace

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To carry out a threat

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Terroriser

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To terrorize

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Faire peur aux gens

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To scare/frighten people

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Terrorisme psychologique

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Scare tactics

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Le chantage

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Blackmail

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Faire chanter qn

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To blackmail sb

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Forcer qn a faire qch par le chantage

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To blackmail sb into doing sth

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Intimider qn

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To intimidate sb

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La violence aveugle

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Indiscriminate violence

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Avoir recours a la violence

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To resort to violence

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Le recours a la violence

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Resorting to violence

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Semer la terreur

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To sow fear

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La psychose

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Obsessive fear

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La panique

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Panic

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Paniquer

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To panic

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Le 11 septembre

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9/11

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Un kamikaze

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A suicide bomber

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Se suicider

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To commit suicide

Kill oneself

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Poser une bombe

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To plant a bomb

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Faire exploser une bombe

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To detonate

To set of a bomb

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Exploser

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To go pdf

To explode

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Un engin explosif

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An explosive device

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Un explosif

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An explosive

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Le plastique

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Plastic explosive

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Le semtex

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Semtex

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Un mélange détonant

Un mélange explosif

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An explosive mixture

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Une bombe a retardement

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A Time bomb

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Une lettre piégée

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A letter bomb

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Un objet piégé

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A booby trap

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Une voiture piégée

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A car bomb

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Auteur d’un attentat a la voiture piégée

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A car bomber

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Désamorcer une bombe

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To defuse a bomb

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Le contre-terrorisme

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Counterterrorism

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La lutte antiterroriste

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The battle/fight against terrorism

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S’attaquer au terrorisme

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To tackle terrorism

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Combattre/lutter contre le terrorisme

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To combat terrorism

To fight/struggle against terrorism

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Faire échouer un complot

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To thwart a plot

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Déjouer/faire échouer un attentat

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To foil a terrorist attack

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Démanteler un réseau terroriste

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To dismantle a terrorist network

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Éradiquer le terrorisme

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To eradicate terrorism

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Le renseignement

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Intelligence

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Un service de renseignement

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An intelligence agency

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Extrader un suspect

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To extradite a suspect

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Un fanatique

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A fanatic

A zealot

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Le fanatisme

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Fanaticism

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Un intégriste

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A fundamentalist

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L’intégrisme

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Fundamentalism

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Le sectarisme

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Bigotry

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Un extrémiste

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An extremist

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L’axe du mal

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The Axis of Evil

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Un état-voyou

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A rogue state

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Soutenir le terrorisme

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To sponsor terrorism

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Héberger/abriter des terroristes

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To harbour terrorists

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Encourager la violence

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To foster violence

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Détournement d’avion

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Hijacking

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Détourner un avion

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To hijack a plane

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Un pirate de l’air

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A hijacker

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Une victime

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A casualty

A victim

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L’attentat a fait 3 victimes

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Three people were killed in the attack

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Être blessé

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To be injured

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Être mutilé

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To be maimed

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Le nombre de victimes

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The death toll

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Un massacre

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A slaughter

A massacre

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Un carnage

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Carnage

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Une effusion de sang

Un massacre

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Bloodshed

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Intercepter un message

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To intercept a message

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Surveiller les appels téléphoniques

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To monitor phone calls

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Transfert illégal de détenus vers de prisons où ils peuvent être torturés

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Extraodinary rendition

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Simulation de noyade

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Waterboarding

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Une menace d’attentat a la bombe

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An bomb threat

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Une alerte a la bombe

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A bomb scare

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Une fausse alerte a la bombe

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A bomb hoax

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Mesures de sécurité

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Security measures

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Renforcer les mesures de sécurité

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To tighten security

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Un site sensible

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A vulnerable site

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Un otage

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A hostage

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Prendre/retenir un otage

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To take/hold sb hostage

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Être pris en otage

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To be taken hostage

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Liberer/relâcher un otage

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To Free, to release a hostage

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Kidnapper

Enlever qn

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To abduct sb

To kidnap sb

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Un enlèvement
Un kidnapping
Un rapt

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An abduction

A kidnapping

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Un ravisseur

Un preneur d’otage

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A hostage-taker
An abductor
A kidnapper
A captor

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Une rançon

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A tandis

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Négocier

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To negociate

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Un fléau

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A curse
A plague
A scourge

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Le terrorisme n’est pas près de disparaître

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Terrorism is here to Stay