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cessez-le-feu

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ceasefire

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civil

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civilian

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combattant

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combatant (comm- BA (aa)-tant)

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armistice

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armistice (ARM-mis-tice)

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corridor/ pause humanitaire

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humanitarian corridor/ pause

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droit humanitaire

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humanitarian law (hu-MA-nitarian)

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conventions de Genève

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Geneva conventions

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arme

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weapon

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to defeat totally

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to rout (noun = rout)
(rA-out)

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déclaration de guerre/ déclenchement

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an outbreak of war

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une guerre nucléaire

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nuclear warefare

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une guerre hybride cyber

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a hybrid cyber warfare

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poser une bombe

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to set off/ place/ throw a bomb

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a way in which a government or other organization thinks about and/ or deals with a particular matter

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a posture (the opposition has attacked the government’s posture on defence)

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guerre totale/ à tous les niveaux

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full-scale war

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faire la guerre contre

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to wage war against/ on

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escalade (de la violence)

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escalation (of violence)

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un pays en guerre

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a country at war

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en temps de guerre, il y a bcp de difficultés

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in time/ times of war, there is much hardship

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une impasse

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a stalemate/ a DEADLOCK/ a standoff

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un équilibre des forces

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a balance of power

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une opération de maintien de la paix

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a peace-keeping operation

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un homologue

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a counterpart

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un porte-parole

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a spokesman/ a spokeswoman/ a spokesperson

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le devoir d’ingérence

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the duty to intervene

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des relations tendues

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tense/ strained relations

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maintenir la paix

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to maintain peace

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appliquer une résolution

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to enforce/ to implement a resolution

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un refroidissement

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a cooling off/ a chill

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faire une déclaration

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to make/ deliver/ issue a statement

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normaliser les relations

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to normalize relations

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surmonter un obstacle

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to overcome an obstacle

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interdire

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to prohibit/ to ban/ to forbid

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conclure un accord/ parvenir à un consensus

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to reach a settlement/ a consensus

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promettre de faire/ s’engagement à faire qqch

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to pledge to do smthg

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maintenir la paix et la stabilité

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to uphold peace and stability

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mettre son veto à une décision

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to veto a decision

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commander

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to be in command

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la course à l’armement

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the arms race

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une arme chimique

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a chemical weapon

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prendre les armes

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to take up arms

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dissuasif

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deterrent

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toxique

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poisonous

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déclencher (un conflit)

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to trigger off

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mobiliser

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to mobilise

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éclater

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to break out

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menaçant

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looming

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prendre parti pour

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to side with

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se mêler de

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to interfere in

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laisser tomber

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to let down

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une guerre d’usure

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a war of attrition

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un débarquement

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a landing

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contre-attaquer

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to counterattacl

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les pertes

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the losses

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les disparus/ les blessés

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the missing/ the wounded

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mauvais traitement

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maltreatment

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dominer en nombre

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to outnumber

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faire front à

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to stand up against

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clandestin

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underground, secret

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des pourparlers de paix

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peace talks

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le retrait des troupes

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troop withdrawal

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apaiser, calmer

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to appease

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une évaluation

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an assessment

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désamorcer une crise

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to defuse a crises

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accorder, octroyer

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to grant

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céder

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to yield

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renoncer à qqch

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to renounce smthg

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désarmer

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to disarm

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subventionner

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to subsidise

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une commémoration

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an anniversary

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rendre hommage à

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to pay tribute to

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sous-financement des services publics

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underfunding of public services

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le Conseil constitutionnel a invalidé la plupart des mesures de la loi sur l’immigration pour des raisons de procédure.

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The Constitutional Court struck down most OF the measures of the immigration law on procedural grounds (proCidgeurol)

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la population vieillit

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the population is agging

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erreur

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misTAKE

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démocratie (prononciation)

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deMOcratie

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la fait d’avoir des migrants qui sont ici pour le long terme ne résout pas le problème du vieillissement de la population

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Having migrants who are here for the long term do not address the aging population

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digne de confiance

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trustworthy/ reliable/ credible

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je soutiens complètement cette position

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i fully support that stance

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être passé au peigne fin

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to come under strutiny

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enfreindre la loi

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to infringe a law

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l’IA viole les droits de propriété

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AI infringes copyrights

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L’IA accroît les capacités de cybersécurité

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AI increases cyber security capaBIlities

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faire l’éloge de

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to praise/ to laud

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ajuster/ peafiner

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to adjust/ to fine-tune

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synonym de risk

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threat/ hazard/ peril

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précurseur

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forerunner/ precursor (pri-KEUR-seur)

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obligatoire (x3)

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binding, compulsory, obligatory

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ce travail s’est avéré difficile

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this work has proved challenging

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Cette politique repose sur un retour au système tel qu’il fonctionnait avant les tentatives des conservateurs d’envoyer les demandeurs d’asile au Rwanda.

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This policy hinges on returning the system to the way it operated before the Tories’ attempt to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

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un retard de travail/ avoir beaucoup de travail en retard

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a backlog/ to have huge backlog

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une levée de bouclier contre (l’utilisation de)

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a backlash against (the use of)

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Les détracteurs des plans travaillistes affirment que l’abrogation de la loi sur l’immigration clandestine et la fin du programme rwandais supprimeront les seuls moyens de dissuasion plausibles contre l’immigration clandestine.

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Critics of Labour’s plans say that repealing the Illegal Migration Law and terminating the Rwanda scheme will remove the only plausible deterrents TO irregular immigration

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le parti travailliste affirme qu’il consacrera de l’énergie et des ressources à l’élaboration de nouveaux accords de retour

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Labour says it will devote energy and resources to creatING new returns agreements

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Le gouvernement doit réduire la dépendance à l’égard des coûteux hôtels pour demandeurs d’asile et démontrer qu’il va considérablement augmenter le nombre de renvois de migrants à l’étranger.

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the government should reduce the reliance on costly asylum hotels and show it will significantly increas the number of migrant removals overseas

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