The war Flashcards by Lyna Drici

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La troupe

A

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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Une tenue de combat

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A battledress

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Un treillis

A

Fatigues

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L’infanterie

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Infantry

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Un blindé

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An armoured car

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Un transport de troupes

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A personnel carrier

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Un char

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A tank

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Un navire de guerre

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A warship

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Un cuirassé

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A battleship

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Un débarquement

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A landing

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Un porte-avions

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An aircraft carrier

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Un espace aérien

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An airspace

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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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Un bombardier

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A bomber

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Un hélicoptère

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A helicopter

A chopper

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Une cour martiale

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A court martial

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Ordonner

A

To order

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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

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Une mitrailleuse

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A machine gun

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Une mitraillette

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A sub-machine gun

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Des munitions

A

Ammunition

Ammo

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Un coup de feu

Un tir

A

A shot

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Des explosifs

A

Explosives

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Une mine

A

A landmine

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Un champ de mine

A

A minefield

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Un obus

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A shell

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Une roquette

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A rocket

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Un lance-roquette

A

A rocket-launcher

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Une torpille

A

A torpedo

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Un engin nucléaire

A

A nuclear device

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Une ogive nucléaire

A

A nucler warhead

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Un marchand d’armes

A

An arms dealer

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A courte/moyenne

/longue portée

A

Short
Medium
Long range

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Charger une arme

A

To load

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Viser

A

To aim

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Bombarder

A

To shell

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Tirer à bout portant

A

To fire at close range

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Une permission

A

A leave

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Un grade

A

A rank

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Le quartier général

A

The headquarters (HQ)

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Des victimes

A

Casualties

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Un siège

A

A siege

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Une embuscde

A

An embush

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Une attaque, une charge

A

An onslaught

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Un attentat suicide

A

A suicide bombing

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Un guérillero

A

A guerrilla

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Une guérilla

A

A guerrillera warfare

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Un tireur isolé

A

A sniper

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Une tranchée

A

A trench

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L’avant-gard

A

The vanguard

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Porté disparu

A

Missing-in-action

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Repousser

A

To throw back

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Assiéger

A

To besiege

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Piller

A

To plunder

To ransack

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Battre en retraite

Fuir

A

To flee

To retreat

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Exercer des représailles

A

To retaliate

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Abattre

A

To gun down

To shot down

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L’Etat-major

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The general staff