The war Flashcards

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1
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La troupe

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The rank and file

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Un appelé

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A conscript

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Un soldat

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A soldier

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Un simple soldat

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A private

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Un sous-officier

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A non-commissionned officer (NCO)

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Une sentinelle

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A sentry

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Un officier

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A commissioned officer

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Un parachutiste

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A paratrooper

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Un corps d’armée

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An army corps

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Un escadron

Une escadrille

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A squadron

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Un bataillon

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A battalion

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Une section

Un peloton

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A platoon

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Une garnison

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A garrison

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Une caserne

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A barracks

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Un équipement

Un barda

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An outfit
A kit
A gear

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16
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Une tenue de combat

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A battledress

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17
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Un treillis

A

Fatigues

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18
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L’infanterie

A

Infantry

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19
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Un blindé

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An armoured car

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20
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Un transport de troupes

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A personnel carrier

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21
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Un char

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A tank

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22
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Un navire de guerre

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A warship

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23
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Un cuirassé

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A battleship

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24
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Un débarquement

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A landing

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25
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Un porte-avions

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An aircraft carrier

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26
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Un espace aérien

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An airspace

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27
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Des troupes aéroportées

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Airborne forces

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Un avion de chasse

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A fighter

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29
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Un bombardier

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A bomber

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30
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Un hélicoptère

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A helicopter

A chopper

31
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Une cour martiale

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A court martial

32
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Ordonner

A

To order

33
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Une arme à feu

A

A gun

A firearm

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Un fusil

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A (service) rifle

35
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Une mitrailleuse

A

A machine gun

36
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Une mitraillette

A

A sub-machine gun

37
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Des munitions

A

Ammunition

Ammo

38
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Un coup de feu

Un tir

A

A shot

39
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Des explosifs

A

Explosives

40
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Une mine

A

A landmine

41
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Un champ de mine

A

A minefield

42
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Un obus

A

A shell

43
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Une roquette

A

A rocket

44
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Un lance-roquette

A

A rocket-launcher

45
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Une torpille

A

A torpedo

46
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Un engin nucléaire

A

A nuclear device

47
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Une ogive nucléaire

A

A nucler warhead

48
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Un marchand d’armes

A

An arms dealer

49
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A courte/moyenne

/longue portée

A

Short
Medium
Long range

50
Q

Charger une arme

A

To load

51
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Viser

A

To aim

52
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Bombarder

A

To shell

53
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Tirer à bout portant

A

To fire at close range

54
Q

Une permission

A

A leave

55
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Un grade

A

A rank

56
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Le quartier général

A

The headquarters (HQ)

57
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Des victimes

A

Casualties

58
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Un siège

A

A siege

59
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Une embuscde

A

An embush

60
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Une attaque, une charge

A

An onslaught

61
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Un attentat suicide

A

A suicide bombing

62
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Un guérillero

A

A guerrilla

63
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Une guérilla

A

A guerrillera warfare

64
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Un tireur isolé

A

A sniper

65
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Une tranchée

A

A trench

66
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L’avant-gard

A

The vanguard

67
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Porté disparu

A

Missing-in-action

68
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Repousser

A

To throw back

69
Q

Assiéger

A

To besiege

70
Q

Piller

A

To plunder

To ransack

71
Q

Battre en retraite

Fuir

A

To flee

To retreat

72
Q

Exercer des représailles

A

To retaliate

73
Q

Abattre

A

To gun down

To shot down

74
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L’Etat-major

A

The general staff