Theme 12- La Résistance Flashcards

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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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To disobey

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Désobéir

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Disobedience

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La désobéissance

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To sabotage

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Saboter

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To watch

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Surveiller

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Duty

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Le devoir

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To apprehend

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Appréhender

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Intellectual

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L’intellectuel(le)

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Left-wing man

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Un homme de gauche

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Mythical figure

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La figure mythique

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Admiration

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L’admiration (f)

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Man with character

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Un homme de caractère

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De Gaulle’s right-hand man

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Le bras droit de De Gaulle

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Progressive

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Progressiste

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Skills as an artist

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Des aptitudes (f) de dessinateur

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To be interested in politics

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S’intéresser à la politique

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Prefect, administrative officer

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Le préfet

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Sub-prefect

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Le sous-prefét

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Anti-fascist society

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Les milieux (m) antifascistes

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Involved, implicated

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Impliqué (e)

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Appointed

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Nommé

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To be given the job

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Recevoir la charge

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To give orders to someone

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Mettre qqn à ses ordres

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Unification of the French resistance efforts
L’unification (f) de la résistance française
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Creation of a secret unified army
La création d’une armée secrète et unifiée
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Secret press agency
L’agence (f) de presse clandestine
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The coming together of the interior and exterior French resistance
Le rapprochement des Résistances intérieure et extérieure
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Links
Les liens
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French organisation created in 1943 by fusing together three main Resistance movements
Les Mouvements unis de Résistance (MUR)
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National Council of the Resistance (body that directed the different movements of the French Resistance)
Le Conseil national de la Résistance (CNR)
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To be parachuted
Être parachuté(e) dans
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Funds
Les fonds (m)
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To take on different identities
Prendre différentes identités
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To have several false identities
Avoir plusieurs fausses identités
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To make a big effort
Faire de gros efforts
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To rally, unite
Rallier
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Unity
Le ralliement
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Presidency
La présidence
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Political entity
L’entité (f) politique
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Legitimacy
La légitimité
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Sympathiser/ supporter
Le/la sympathisant(e)
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To dismiss, to remove from office
Révoquer
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Women of the Resistance
Les femmes de la Résistance
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The place of women
La place des femmes
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Women’s Resistance effort
La Résistance féminine
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Strong force
La force vive
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Not valued much
Peu valorisé(e)
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Smallest share
La portion congrue
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Recognised
Reconnu(e)
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Historiography
L’historiographie (f)
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To emerge
Émerger
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To study, to look at
Se pencher sur
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To highlight, to showcase
Mettre en avant
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Heroic
Héroïque
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Heroism
Le héroïsme
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Mothers, housewives
Les mères de famille
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Female students
Les femmes étudiantes
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Female workers
Les femmes ouvrières
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Female teachers
Les femmes enseignantes
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Female farmers
Les femmes agricultrices
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Nuns
Les religieuses
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To invest in
S’investir dans
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Mission
La mission
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To accommodate, to put up
Héberger
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To supply
Approvisionner
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Within the networks
Au sein des réseaux
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To carry out secretarial work
Assurer les travaux de secrétariat
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To forge documents (e.g. identity cards)
Fabriquer de faux papiers
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Social services
Les services sociaux
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To join units of free France as a doctor/nurse/pilot
Rejoindre les unités de la France libre comme médecin/ infirmière/ aviatrice
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Works of infiltrating German military systems
Le travail d’infiltration de l’appareil militaire allemand
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To transmit information
Transmettre des renseignements
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To send letters/ papers
Acheminer des courriers
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To organise demonstrations
Organiser des manifestations
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To play an essential role in helping prisoners and the persecuted
Jouer un rôle essentiel dans l’aide aux emprisonnés et aux persécutés
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To look less suspicious
Avoir l’air moins suspect
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The Germans were less suspicious of women
Les Allemands se méfiaient moins des femmes
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Enlistment; commitment
L’engagement (m)
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Their involvement was not valued much at the time of the Liberation
Leur engagement a été peu valorisé à la Libération
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General de Gaulle
Le général de Gaule
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Protective figure
La figure tutélaire
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Gaullistes
Les gaullistes (m/f)
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French Resistance fighters around De Gaulle in London
La France libre
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To put oneself at the head of …
S’imposer à la tête de…
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Weak
Faible
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Weakness
La faiblesse
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Clandestine literary review
Les lettres Françaises
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Satirical songs
Les chansons (f) parodiques
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To pay dividends
Porter ses fruits
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To boost morale
Remonter le moral
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To calm down, reassure
Rasséréner
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To put out a call
Lancer un appel
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Broadcast
La diffusion
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To answer the call
Répondre à l’appel
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Resolute
Résolu(e)
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Honour
L’honneur (m)
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Veneration
La vénération
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Goal
Le but
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Government in exile
Le gouvernement en exil
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Grants, subsidies
Les subventions (f)
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To move to England
Déménager en Angleterre
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Itinerary
L’itinéraire (m)
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French Committee of National Liberation (provisional government of Free France, June 1943 to June 1944)
Le Comité français de Libération nationale
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Provisional Government of the French Republic (June 1944 to October 1946)
Le Gouvernement provisoire de la République française (GPRF)
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Landing
Le débarquement
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To land on the beach
Débarquer sur la plage
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To be parachuted
Être parachuté (e)
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Parachuting
Le parachutage
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Drop, dropping (of parachutes or bombs)
Le largage
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Fiercely, hotly
Âprement
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To contribute to the victory of the Allied forces
Contribuer à la victoire des Alliés
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Crushing of nazism
L’écrasement (m) du nazisme
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To cheer
Acclamer
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Hope
L’espérance (f)
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To commemorate
Commémorer
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Reorganisation of France
La réorganisation de la France
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The French resistance
La Résistance des Français
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French resistance taking place outside of France
La Résistance extérieure
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Outside French soil
En dehors du sol français
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French forces working for the Resistance outside of France
Les forces françaises libres (FFL)
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French resistance taking place in France
La résistance intérieure
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French forces working for the resistance within France
Les Forces françaises de l’intérieur (FFI)
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A resistant group
Les Francs-tireurs
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Plan, intention, scheme
Le dessein
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Unoccupied area of France
La zone sud
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Occupied area of France
La zone nord
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Isolated acts
Les actes (m) isolés
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To act alone
Agir seul
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Badly organised/structured
Mal organisé(e) / structuré(e)
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Divided
Divisé(e)
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Resisters
Les résistants
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Outlaws, bandits
Les hors-la-loi
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Partisan, follower, supporter
Le/la partisan(e)
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Audacious exiles
Les exilés téméraires
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To oppose the dictatorial regime
S’opposer au régime dictatorial
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Cross chosen by de Gaulle as the symbol of the Resistance
La Croix de Lorraine
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To fight against
Se battre contre
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To rise up against
Se lever contre
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Fight against the Axis
La lutte contre l’Axe
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To say no to resignation
Dire non à la résignation
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To say no to humiliation
Dire non à l’humiliation
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Collaborationist representatives
Les relais collaborationnistes
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Rebelliousness, conscientious objection
L’insoumission (f)
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To not bear France’s defeat
Ne pas supporter la défaite de la France
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To protect France’s values
Défendre les valeurs de la France
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To protect freedom
Défendre la liberté
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Fate
Le destin
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Servitude
La servitude
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Mad with rage
Fou (foulle) de rage
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To be shaken, overwhelmed
Être bouleversé(e)
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Unbearable
Insupportable
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Initiatives
Les initiatives (f)
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Secret services
Les services techniques
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Secret agent, spy
L’agent des services secrets | L’espion
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Radio operator
L’opérateur (-trice) radio
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To become a member of a network
Devenir membre d’un réseau
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All social strata
Toutes les couches (f) sociales
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Armed underground Resistance organisation whose members hid in sparsely populated areas such as forests or mountains
Le maquis
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Resisters who belonged to a maquis
Les maquisards
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To resupply/ feed the underground resisters
Ravitailler les maquisards
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To find something to eat
Trouver de quoi manger
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Community spirit
L’esprit (m) de communauté
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Farmer
Le/la paysan(e)
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Underground combat
le combat souterrain
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Combatant, soldier
le/la combattant(e)
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Battle-hardened soldiers
les soldat(e)s aguerri(e)s
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To regroup
regrouper
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From the outset
de la première heure
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Recruit
le/la recru(e)
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To train
former
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Martyr
le martyr
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To sacrifice oneself
se sacrifier
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Sacrifice
le sacrifice
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Complicity
la complicité
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Under the aegis of
sous l'égide de
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The risks were numerous
Les risques étaient nombreux
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To run a risk
courir un risque
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To pay a heavy price (for something)
Payer un lourd tribut (à quelque'chose)
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To dare
oser
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Treason, betrayal
la trahison
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Attack, bombing
l'attentat (m)
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To blow up
faire exploser
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Shake with fear
trembler de peur
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To be scared stiff
avoir une peur bleue
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To think of the consequences
Penser aux conséquences
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Secrecy was needed
la clandestinité s'imposait
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To protect the entourage
Protéger l'entourage
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To sacrifice personal comfort
Sacrifier le confort personnel
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Wing
l'aile (f)
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United
concerté(e)
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To get organised into networks and movements
s'organiser en réseaux et en mouvements
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To write reports by hand
Rédiger les rapports à la main
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To encode
coder
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Encoding and decoding of messages or reports
le codage et le décodage des messages ou des rapports
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To carry out at night
Exécuter de nuit
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Tedious task
Une tâche fastidieuse
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Transcription of a text
la transcription d'un texte
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Telegrams
les télégrammes (m)
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To travel across an area
Parcourir
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To put up posters
Coller des affiches (f)
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To speak, to take the floor
Prendre la parole
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Inscriptions on walls
Les inscriptions (f) sur les murs
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Visible
Visible
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To drop information
Déposer des informations
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‘Letter boxes’ or places where agents would drop information
Les
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To pick up messages
Récupérer des messages
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To pick up hidden parcels
Récupérer des colis cachés
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To carry messages
Porter les messages
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To sabotage German war equipment
Saboter le matériel de guerre allemand
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Arms industry
L’industrie (f) d’armement
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Gathering of arms
La collecte des armes
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Handling of explosives
La manipulation d’explosifs
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Local projects
Les projets (m) locaux
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Regional projects
Les projets (m) régionaux
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Drop-off/ pick-up place that has been detected and is under police surveillance
La
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Transmission equipment
Le matériel de transmission
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Attempt
La tentative
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To warn
Prévenir
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To change the place
Changer de lieu
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To swallow documents
Avaler des documents
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Scattered
Dispersé(e)
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To be checked
Être contrôlé(e)
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To block exits
Bloquer les sorties
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To surround
Entourer
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To use a pincer movement on, to surround
Prendre en tenaille
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To take hostages
Prendre des otages
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Escape route
La filière d’évasion
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To evacuate
Evacuer
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To save
Rescaper
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To torture
Torturer
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To handcuff
Mettre des menottes
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To hit
Frapper
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To hang by the wrists
Pendre par les poignets
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To lose consciousness
Perdre connaissance
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To immerse someone in water
Plonger quelqu’un sous l’eau
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To throw someone into a cell
Jeter quelqu’un dans une cellule
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Device used to torture people by stretching them from the wrists and ankles
La table d’étirement
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To work and communicate together
Travailler et communiquer ensemble
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To facilitate communication
Faciliter la communication
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Essential milestone
Le jalon essentiel
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Go-betweens
Les agents de liaison
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To reconquer
Reconquir
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To restart, to get going again
Remettre en marche
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To release, to liberate
Délier
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To retaliate
Faire des représailles
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To resort to
Avoir recours à
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Companions of the Liberation
Les Compagnons de la Libération
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Given the resistance medal
Médaillé(e) de la Résistance
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delivery
la livraison