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les soldats, la troupe

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the troops

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un homme de troupe

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a trooper

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a paratrooper

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a parachutiste

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un militaire

un ancien militaire

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a serviceman

an ex-serviceman

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un légionnaire

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a legionnaire

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la légion étrangère

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the Foreign Legion

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une recrue

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a recruit

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un appelé, un conscrit

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a conscript

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le service militaire

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military service

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un officier

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an officer

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un uniforme

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a uniform

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une tenue de cérémonie

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a dress uniform

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la tenue de combat

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battle dress

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la tenue de camouflage

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camouflage fatigues

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un casque

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a helmet

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la hiérarchie

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the hierarchy

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un rang

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a rank

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servir, être dans l’armée

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to serve

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être dans l’armée

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to be in the forces

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s’engager dans l’armée

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to join the army

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s’engager

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to enlist

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recruter

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to recruit

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appeler sous les drapeaux

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to draft (US)

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enrôler

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to enrol

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être réformé

inapte

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to be declared unfit

unfit

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commander

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to be in command

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les militaires

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the military

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militaire (adj), à l’allure militaire

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soldierly

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aéroporté

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airborne

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le Ministère de la guerre

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the War Office

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le Ministre de la guerre

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the War Secretary

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le Ministre de la défense

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the Defence Minister

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les services secrets

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the Intelligence Service

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une unité

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a unit

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l’armée de terre

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the Land Forces

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l’infanterie

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the infantry

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l’artillerie

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the artillery

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la cavalerie

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the cavalry

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un cavalier x2

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a cavalryman, a horseman

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un char

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a tank

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le génie

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the engineers

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la marine de guerre

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the Navy

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la marine de guerre britannique

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the Royal Navy

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le Ministère de la marine

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the Admiralty

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un amiral

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an admiral

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un officier de marine

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a naval officer

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la flotte

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the fleet

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le vaisseau-amiral

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the flagship

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un porte-avions

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an aircraft carrier

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un sous-marin

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a submarine

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l’armée de l’air

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the Air Force

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l’armée de l’air britannique

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the Royal Air Force (RAF)

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un pilote

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a pilot

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un bombardier

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a bomber

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un hélicoptère

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a helicopter

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la vie de soldat

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a soldier’s life

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la caserne

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the barracks

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une revue

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a review

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une parade

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a parade

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un défilé

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a march past

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un salut

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a salute

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les corvées

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fatigue (duty)

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l’exercice, l’entraînement

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drill

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un sergent-instructeur

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a drill sergeant

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l’entraînement

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training

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le parcours du combattant

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the assault course

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une permission

une permission de deux jours

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leave

a two days’ leave

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faire l’exercice, entraîner

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to drill

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passer en revue

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to review

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être au garde à vous x2

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to stand at

to attention

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être au repos

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to stand at ease

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marcher au pas, marcher sur

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to march on

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défiler (devant)

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to march past

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rompre les rangs

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to fall out

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être de garde

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to be on guard

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monter la garde x2

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to mount guard

to stand sentry

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la discipline militaire

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the military discipline

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un déserteur

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a deserter

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la désertion

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desertion

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un traître

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a traitor

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la trahison x2

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treason

betrayal

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un espion

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a spy

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l’espionnage

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espionage

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le peloton d’exécution

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the firing squad

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déserter

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to desert

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passer à l’ennemi

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to go over to the enemy

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trahir

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to betray

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espionner

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to spy on

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faire passer en conseil de guerre

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to court-martial

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rétrograder

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to demote

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exécuter (qqn ou des ordres)

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to execute (someone/ orders)

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fusiller

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to shoot

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la course à l’armement

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the arms race

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les ventes d’armes

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arms sales

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un marchand d’armes

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an arms dealer

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les munitions

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ammunition

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un dépôt de munitions

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an ammunition dump

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un arsenal

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an arsenal

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de la poudre

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powder

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un explosif

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explosive

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(s’) armer

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to arm (oneself)

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prendre les armes

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to take up arms

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un fusil

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a rifle

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un fusil d’assaut

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an assault rifle

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une mitratilleuse

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a machine gun

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une mitraillette

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a submachine gun

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un canon

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a cannon

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un boulet de canon

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a cannonball

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un obus

bombarder, lancer des obus sur

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a shell

to shell

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des éclats d’obus

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shrapnel

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un bombardement

bombarder

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a bombing

to bomb

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un grenade à main

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a hand grenade

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répliquer

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to shoot back

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ouvrir le feu

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to open fire

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tirer (un coup de feu, un missile)

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to fire (a shot, a missile)

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atterir, tomber sur

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to land

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lâcher une bombe

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to drop a bomb

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viser, cibler

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to aim (at), to target

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frapper, porter un coup

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to strike

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toucher la cible

manquer la cible

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to hit the mark

to miss the mark

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éclater

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to burst

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exploser, faire exploser

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to explode, to blow up

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désamorcer

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to defuse

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une arme nucléaire

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a nuclear weapon

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la dissuasion nucléaire
dissuader
dissuasif

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nuclear deterrence
to deter (from doing something)
deterrent

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la puissance nucléaire

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nuclear firepower

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une arme chimique

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a chemical weapon

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du gaz lacrymogène

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tear-gas

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une épidémie

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an epidemic

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déployer

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to deploy

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contaminer

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to contaminate

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disséminer

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to spread

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mortel, meutrier

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lethal

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toxique

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poisonous

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les enjeux

être en jeu

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stakes

to be at stake

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un motif de conflit, un démêlé

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a contention

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une impasse

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a deadlock

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une embuscade

tendre une ambuscade

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an ambush

to ambush

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l’escalade de la violence

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the escalation of violence

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amorcer un conflit

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to initiate a conflict

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déclencher

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to trigger off

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mettre une menace à exécution

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to carry out a threat

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être entraîné dans la guerre

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to be drawn into war

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lever une armée

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to raise an army

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éclater

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to break out

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déclarer la guerre à

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to declare war ON

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tendu

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tense

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inévitable

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unavoidable, inevitable

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condamné

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doomed

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le quartier général

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the headquarters

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une action, une manoeuvre

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a move, a manoeuvre

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une diversion

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a diversion

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une feinte, une fausse attaque

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a feint, a sham attack

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un point de repère

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a landmark

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un coup bas/déloyal

poignarder dans le dos

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a stab in the back

to stab in the back

156
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s’allier à/avec

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to ally oneself to/with

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prendre parti pour

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to side with

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soutenir

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to support

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s’engager (en faveur d’une cause)

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to commit oneself (to a cause)

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se mêler de

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to interfere in

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laisser tomber

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to let down

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une guerre sainte

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a holy war

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une guerre éclair (UK + US)

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a blitzkrieg

a lightning war

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la guerre totale

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full-scale war

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la guerre des tranchées

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trench warfare

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la guérilla

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guerilla warfare

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des opérations spéciales (secrètes)

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black ops

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l’arrière

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the rear

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résister à qqch

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to withstand

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implacable

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relentless

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sain et sauf

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unscathed

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la troupe (la base militante)

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the rank and file

anglais (11 decks)

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