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Theme 12- La Résistance Flashcards

1
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To resist

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Résister

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To realise, to fulfil

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Réaliser

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3
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To disobey

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Désobéir

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Disobedience

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La désobéissance

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5
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To sabotage

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Saboter

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6
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To watch

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Surveiller

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7
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Duty

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Le devoir

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8
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To apprehend

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Appréhender

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9
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Intellectual

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L’intellectuel(le)

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10
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Left-wing man

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Un homme de gauche

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11
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Mythical figure

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La figure mythique

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12
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Admiration

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L’admiration (f)

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13
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Man with character

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Un homme de caractère

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14
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De Gaulle’s right-hand man

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Le bras droit de De Gaulle

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15
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Progressive

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Progressiste

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16
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Skills as an artist

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Des aptitudes (f) de dessinateur

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17
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To be interested in politics

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S’intéresser à la politique

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18
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Prefect, administrative officer

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Le préfet

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19
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Sub-prefect

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Le sous-prefét

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20
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Anti-fascist society

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Les milieux (m) antifascistes

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21
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Involved, implicated

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Impliqué (e)

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22
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Appointed

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Nommé

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23
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To be given the job

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Recevoir la charge

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24
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To give orders to someone

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Mettre qqn à ses ordres

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25
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Unification of the French resistance efforts

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L’unification (f) de la résistance française

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26
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Creation of a secret unified army

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La création d’une armée secrète et unifiée

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27
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Secret press agency

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L’agence (f) de presse clandestine

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28
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The coming together of the interior and exterior French resistance

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Le rapprochement des Résistances intérieure et extérieure

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29
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Links

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Les liens

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30
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French organisation created in 1943 by fusing together three main Resistance movements

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Les Mouvements unis de Résistance (MUR)

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31
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National Council of the Resistance (body that directed the different movements of the French Resistance)

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Le Conseil national de la Résistance (CNR)

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32
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To be parachuted

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Être parachuté(e) dans

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33
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Funds

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Les fonds (m)

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34
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To take on different identities

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Prendre différentes identités

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35
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To have several false identities

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Avoir plusieurs fausses identités

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36
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To make a big effort

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Faire de gros efforts

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37
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To rally, unite

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Rallier

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38
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Unity

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Le ralliement

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39
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Presidency

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La présidence

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40
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Political entity

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L’entité (f) politique

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41
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Legitimacy

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La légitimité

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42
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Sympathiser/ supporter

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Le/la sympathisant(e)

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43
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To dismiss, to remove from office

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Révoquer

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44
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Women of the Resistance

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Les femmes de la Résistance

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45
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The place of women

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La place des femmes

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46
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Women’s Resistance effort

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La Résistance féminine

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47
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Strong force

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La force vive

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48
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Not valued much

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Peu valorisé(e)

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49
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Smallest share

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La portion congrue

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50
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Recognised

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Reconnu(e)

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51
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Historiography

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L’historiographie (f)

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52
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To emerge

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Émerger

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53
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To study, to look at

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Se pencher sur

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54
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To highlight, to showcase

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Mettre en avant

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55
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Heroic

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Héroïque

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56
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Heroism

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Le héroïsme

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57
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Mothers, housewives

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Les mères de famille

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58
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Female students

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Les femmes étudiantes

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59
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Female workers

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Les femmes ouvrières

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60
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Female teachers

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Les femmes enseignantes

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61
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Female farmers

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Les femmes agricultrices

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62
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Nuns

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Les religieuses

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63
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To invest in

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S’investir dans

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64
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Mission

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La mission

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65
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To accommodate, to put up

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Héberger

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66
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To supply

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Approvisionner

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67
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Within the networks

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Au sein des réseaux

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68
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To carry out secretarial work

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Assurer les travaux de secrétariat

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69
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To forge documents (e.g. identity cards)

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Fabriquer de faux papiers

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70
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Social services

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Les services sociaux

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71
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To join units of free France as a doctor/nurse/pilot

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Rejoindre les unités de la France libre comme médecin/ infirmière/ aviatrice

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72
Q

Works of infiltrating German military systems

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Le travail d’infiltration de l’appareil militaire allemand

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73
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To transmit information

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Transmettre des renseignements

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74
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To send letters/ papers

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Acheminer des courriers

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75
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To organise demonstrations

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Organiser des manifestations

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76
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To play an essential role in helping prisoners and the persecuted

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Jouer un rôle essentiel dans l’aide aux emprisonnés et aux persécutés

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77
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To look less suspicious

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Avoir l’air moins suspect

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78
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The Germans were less suspicious of women

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Les Allemands se méfiaient moins des femmes

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79
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Enlistment; commitment

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L’engagement (m)

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80
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Their involvement was not valued much at the time of the Liberation

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Leur engagement a été peu valorisé à la Libération

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81
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General de Gaulle

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Le général de Gaule

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82
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Protective figure

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La figure tutélaire

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83
Q

Gaullistes

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Les gaullistes (m/f)

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84
Q

French Resistance fighters around De Gaulle in London

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La France libre

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85
Q

To put oneself at the head of …

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S’imposer à la tête de…

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86
Q

Weak

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Faible

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87
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Weakness

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La faiblesse

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88
Q

Clandestine literary review

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Les lettres Françaises

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89
Q

Satirical songs

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Les chansons (f) parodiques

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90
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To pay dividends

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Porter ses fruits

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91
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To boost morale

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Remonter le moral

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92
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To calm down, reassure

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Rasséréner

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93
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To put out a call

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Lancer un appel

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94
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Broadcast

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La diffusion

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95
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To answer the call

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Répondre à l’appel

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96
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Resolute

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Résolu(e)

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97
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Honour

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L’honneur (m)

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98
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Veneration

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La vénération

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99
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Goal

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Le but

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100
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Government in exile

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Le gouvernement en exil

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101
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Grants, subsidies

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Les subventions (f)

102
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To move to England

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Déménager en Angleterre

103
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Itinerary

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L’itinéraire (m)

104
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French Committee of National Liberation (provisional government of Free France, June 1943 to June 1944)

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Le Comité français de Libération nationale

105
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Provisional Government of the French Republic (June 1944 to October 1946)

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Le Gouvernement provisoire de la République française (GPRF)

106
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Landing

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Le débarquement

107
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To land on the beach

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Débarquer sur la plage

108
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To be parachuted

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Être parachuté (e)

109
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Parachuting

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Le parachutage

110
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Drop, dropping (of parachutes or bombs)

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Le largage

111
Q

Fiercely, hotly

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Âprement

112
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To contribute to the victory of the Allied forces

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Contribuer à la victoire des Alliés

113
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Crushing of nazism

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L’écrasement (m) du nazisme

114
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To cheer

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Acclamer

115
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Hope

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L’espérance (f)

116
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To commemorate

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Commémorer

117
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Reorganisation of France

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La réorganisation de la France

118
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The French resistance

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La Résistance des Français

119
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French resistance taking place outside of France

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La Résistance extérieure

120
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Outside French soil

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En dehors du sol français

121
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French forces working for the Resistance outside of France

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Les forces françaises libres (FFL)

122
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French resistance taking place in France

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La résistance intérieure

123
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French forces working for the resistance within France

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Les Forces françaises de l’intérieur (FFI)

124
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A resistant group

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Les Francs-tireurs

125
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Plan, intention, scheme

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Le dessein

126
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Unoccupied area of France

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La zone sud

127
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Occupied area of France

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La zone nord

128
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Isolated acts

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Les actes (m) isolés

129
Q

To act alone

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Agir seul

130
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Badly organised/structured

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Mal organisé(e) / structuré(e)

131
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Divided

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Divisé(e)

132
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Resisters

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Les résistants

133
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Outlaws, bandits

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Les hors-la-loi

134
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Partisan, follower, supporter

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Le/la partisan(e)

135
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Audacious exiles

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Les exilés téméraires

136
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To oppose the dictatorial regime

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S’opposer au régime dictatorial

137
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Cross chosen by de Gaulle as the symbol of the Resistance

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La Croix de Lorraine

138
Q

To fight against

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Se battre contre

139
Q

To rise up against

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Se lever contre

140
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Fight against the Axis

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La lutte contre l’Axe

141
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To say no to resignation

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Dire non à la résignation

142
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To say no to humiliation

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Dire non à l’humiliation

143
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Collaborationist representatives

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Les relais collaborationnistes

144
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Rebelliousness, conscientious objection

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L’insoumission (f)

145
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To not bear France’s defeat

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Ne pas supporter la défaite de la France

146
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To protect France’s values

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Défendre les valeurs de la France

147
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To protect freedom

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Défendre la liberté

148
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Fate

A

Le destin

149
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Servitude

A

La servitude

150
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Mad with rage

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Fou (foulle) de rage

151
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To be shaken, overwhelmed

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Être bouleversé(e)

152
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Unbearable

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Insupportable

153
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Initiatives

A

Les initiatives (f)

154
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Secret services

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Les services techniques

155
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Secret agent, spy

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L’agent des services secrets

L’espion

156
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Radio operator

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L’opérateur (-trice) radio

157
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To become a member of a network

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Devenir membre d’un réseau

158
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All social strata

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Toutes les couches (f) sociales

159
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Armed underground Resistance organisation whose members hid in sparsely populated areas such as forests or mountains

A

Le maquis

160
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Resisters who belonged to a maquis

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Les maquisards

161
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To resupply/ feed the underground resisters

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Ravitailler les maquisards

162
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To find something to eat

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Trouver de quoi manger

163
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Community spirit

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L’esprit (m) de communauté

164
Q

Farmer

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Le/la paysan(e)

165
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Underground combat

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le combat souterrain

166
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Combatant, soldier

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le/la combattant(e)

167
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Battle-hardened soldiers

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les soldat(e)s aguerri(e)s

168
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To regroup

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regrouper

169
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From the outset

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de la première heure

170
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Recruit

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le/la recru(e)

171
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To train

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former

172
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Martyr

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le martyr

173
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To sacrifice oneself

A

se sacrifier

174
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Sacrifice

A

le sacrifice

175
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Complicity

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la complicité

176
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Under the aegis of

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sous l’égide de

177
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The risks were numerous

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Les risques étaient nombreux

178
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To run a risk

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courir un risque

179
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To pay a heavy price (for something)

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Payer un lourd tribut (à quelque’chose)

180
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To dare

A

oser

181
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Treason, betrayal

A

la trahison

182
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Attack, bombing

A

l’attentat (m)

183
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To blow up

A

faire exploser

184
Q

Shake with fear

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trembler de peur

185
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To be scared stiff

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avoir une peur bleue

186
Q

To think of the consequences

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Penser aux conséquences

187
Q

Secrecy was needed

A

la clandestinité s’imposait

188
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To protect the entourage

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Protéger l’entourage

189
Q

To sacrifice personal comfort

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Sacrifier le confort personnel

190
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Wing

A

l’aile (f)

191
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United

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concerté(e)

192
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To get organised into networks and movements

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s’organiser en réseaux et en mouvements

193
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To write reports by hand

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Rédiger les rapports à la main

194
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To encode

A

coder

195
Q

Encoding and decoding of messages or reports

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le codage et le décodage des messages ou des rapports

196
Q

To carry out at night

A

Exécuter de nuit

197
Q

Tedious task

A

Une tâche fastidieuse

198
Q

Transcription of a text

A

la transcription d’un texte

199
Q

Telegrams

A

les télégrammes (m)

200
Q

To travel across an area

A

Parcourir

201
Q

To put up posters

A

Coller des affiches (f)

202
Q

To speak, to take the floor

A

Prendre la parole

203
Q

Inscriptions on walls

A

Les inscriptions (f) sur les murs

204
Q

Visible

A

Visible

205
Q

To drop information

A

Déposer des informations

206
Q

‘Letter boxes’ or places where agents would drop information

A

Les

207
Q

To pick up messages

A

Récupérer des messages

208
Q

To pick up hidden parcels

A

Récupérer des colis cachés

209
Q

To carry messages

A

Porter les messages

210
Q

To sabotage German war equipment

A

Saboter le matériel de guerre allemand

211
Q

Arms industry

A

L’industrie (f) d’armement

212
Q

Gathering of arms

A

La collecte des armes

213
Q

Handling of explosives

A

La manipulation d’explosifs

214
Q

Local projects

A

Les projets (m) locaux

215
Q

Regional projects

A

Les projets (m) régionaux

216
Q

Drop-off/ pick-up place that has been detected and is under police surveillance

A

La

217
Q

Transmission equipment

A

Le matériel de transmission

218
Q

Attempt

A

La tentative

219
Q

To warn

A

Prévenir

220
Q

To change the place

A

Changer de lieu

221
Q

To swallow documents

A

Avaler des documents

222
Q

Scattered

A

Dispersé(e)

223
Q

To be checked

A

Être contrôlé(e)

224
Q

To block exits

A

Bloquer les sorties

225
Q

To surround

A

Entourer

226
Q

To use a pincer movement on, to surround

A

Prendre en tenaille

227
Q

To take hostages

A

Prendre des otages

228
Q

Escape route

A

La filière d’évasion

229
Q

To evacuate

A

Evacuer

230
Q

To save

A

Rescaper

231
Q

To torture

A

Torturer

232
Q

To handcuff

A

Mettre des menottes

233
Q

To hit

A

Frapper

234
Q

To hang by the wrists

A

Pendre par les poignets

235
Q

To lose consciousness

A

Perdre connaissance

236
Q

To immerse someone in water

A

Plonger quelqu’un sous l’eau

237
Q

To throw someone into a cell

A

Jeter quelqu’un dans une cellule

238
Q

Device used to torture people by stretching them from the wrists and ankles

A

La table d’étirement

239
Q

To work and communicate together

A

Travailler et communiquer ensemble

240
Q

To facilitate communication

A

Faciliter la communication

241
Q

Essential milestone

A

Le jalon essentiel

242
Q

Go-betweens

A

Les agents de liaison

243
Q

To reconquer

A

Reconquir

244
Q

To restart, to get going again

A

Remettre en marche

245
Q

To release, to liberate

A

Délier

246
Q

To retaliate

A

Faire des représailles

247
Q

To resort to

A

Avoir recours à

248
Q

Companions of the Liberation

A

Les Compagnons de la Libération

249
Q

Given the resistance medal

A

Médaillé(e) de la Résistance

250
Q

delivery

A

la livraison

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