Volume 1 Flashcards

1
Q

le bocage

A

hedged farmland

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2
Q

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
Q

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
Q

un soulèvement

A

insurrection

uprising

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8
Q

un balisage

A

beacon

marking flares

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9
Q

prépondérant (adj)

A

overriding

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10
Q

en tant que

A

as such

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11
Q

un axe

A

axis
axle
main road
straight line

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12
Q

une localité

A

locality
place
area

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13
Q

un marécage

A

marsh

swamp

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14
Q

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
Q

une écluse

A

lock (waterway)

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19
Q

un affût

A

blind (hunting)

carriage (gun)

20
Q

un bâtiment de guerre

A

warship

21
Q

une péniche

A

barge

22
Q

l’état-major

A

headquarters

23
Q

la rampe de balisage

A

runway lights

24
Q

un fantassin

A

foot soldier

25
Q

nourri (adj)

A

heavy (fire)
lively (conversation)
sustained (clapping)

26
Q

un génie

A

genius

engineer

27
Q

un salut

A

greeting

salvation

28
Q

un rebord

A

edge
shelf
sill

29
Q

la ferraille

A

scrap metal

30
Q

éclabousser

A

to splash

31
Q

un dispositif

A

plan of action

system

32
Q

la cornemuse

A

bagpipes

33
Q

un sonneur

A

piper

34
Q

farouchement

A

fiercely

35
Q

pilonner

A

to bombard

36
Q

atteindre

A

to reach
hit
affect

37
Q

accoster

A

to accost

make landfall

38
Q

un lieu-dit

A

place named for some feature (geographic or historical)

39
Q

cantonner

A

to billet

to confine in (dans)
station

40
Q

s’acharner à faire

A

try desperately to do

41
Q

une déroute

A

crushing defeat

42
Q

dérouter

A

to divert

reroute

43
Q

la pérennité

A

durability

44
Q

une chenille

A

caterpillar
tread
track
railroad

45
Q

un, une sinistré

A

disaster victim

46
Q

sinistré (adj)

A

stricken

47
Q

une cuve

A

vat

cistern