Volume 1 Flashcards

1
Q

le bocage

A

hedged farmland

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2
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un chaland

A

barge

regular customer

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3
Q

rattacher

rattacher à

A

to bind

associate with

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4
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la superficie

A

surface area

magnitude

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5
Q

un fantassin

A

foot soldier

infantry

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6
Q

à savoir

A

namely

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7
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un soulèvement

A

insurrection

uprising

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8
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un balisage

A

beacon

marking flares

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9
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prépondérant (adj)

A

overriding

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10
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en tant que

A

as such

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11
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un axe

A

axis
axle
main road
straight line

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12
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une localité

A

locality
place
area

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13
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un marécage

A

marsh

swamp

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14
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une chaussée

A

roadway

causeway

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15
Q

un émetteur

A

transmitter

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16
Q

à compter de

A

as from

starting with

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17
Q

un mouillage

A

anchorage

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18
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une écluse

A

lock (waterway)

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19
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un affût

A

blind (hunting)

carriage (gun)

20
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un bâtiment de guerre

21
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une péniche

22
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l’état-major

A

headquarters

23
Q

la rampe de balisage

A

runway lights

24
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un fantassin

A

foot soldier

25
nourri (adj)
heavy (fire) lively (conversation) sustained (clapping)
26
un génie
genius | engineer
27
un salut
greeting | salvation
28
un rebord
edge shelf sill
29
la ferraille
scrap metal
30
éclabousser
to splash
31
un dispositif
plan of action | system
32
la cornemuse
bagpipes
33
un sonneur
piper
34
farouchement
fiercely
35
pilonner
to bombard
36
atteindre
to reach hit affect
37
accoster
to accost | make landfall
38
un lieu-dit
place named for some feature (geographic or historical)
39
cantonner
to billet to confine in (dans) station
40
s'acharner à faire
try desperately to do
41
une déroute
crushing defeat
42
dérouter
to divert | reroute
43
la pérennité
durability
44
une chenille
caterpillar tread track railroad
45
un, une sinistré
disaster victim
46
sinistré (adj)
stricken
47
une cuve
vat | cistern