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L’infanterie

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The infantry

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La cavalerie

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The cavalry

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La marine

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The Navy

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Les forces navales

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The naval forces

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L’armée de l’air

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The Air Force

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Les forces aériennes

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The air forces

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Les blindés

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The armoured Corps

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Une armée régulière

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A standing army

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Une armée de volontaires

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An all-volonteer army

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Les troupes

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Troops

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L’armée, les militaires

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The military

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Un bataillon

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A battalion

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Une section

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A platoon

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Les grades

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The ranks

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Servir dans les rangs

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To serve in the ranks

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Le quartier général

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Headquarters

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Un officier

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A (commissioned) officer

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Un commandant en chef

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A commander-in-chief

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Un sous-officier

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A non-commander officer (NCO)

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Un sous-off

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A noncom

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Les soldats d’infanterie

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An infantryman

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Un artilleur

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A gunner

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Un aumônier

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A chaplain

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Un toubib

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A medic

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Un ancien combattant (3)

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A veteran, a vet, an ex-soldier

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Le matériel militaire

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Military hardware

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L’armement (2)

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Weapony, armament

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L’uniforme

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The uniform

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L’équipement (2)

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The outfit, the kit

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Le matériel

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Equipment

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Un arsenal

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An arsenal

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Les munitions

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Ammunitions

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Une arme à feu

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A firearm

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Un fusil

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A rifle

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Une mitrailleuse

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A machine gun

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Une mitraillette (2)

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A submachine gun, a tommy gun

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Un mortier

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A mortar

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Un obus

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A shell

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Une roquette

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A rocket

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Un tank

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A tank

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Un véhicule blindé (2)

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An armoured car/vehicle

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La flotte

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A fleet

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Un chantier naval

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A shipyard

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Armer un navire

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To fit out

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Un bateau de guerre

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A warship

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Un cuirassé (2)

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A dreadnought, a battleship

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Un torpilleur

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A torpedo boat

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Un patrouilleur

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A patrol ship

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Un hydravion

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A seaplane

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Un porte-avion

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An air raft carrier

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Un sous-marin

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A submarine

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Une base aérienne

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An air base

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Un bombardier

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A bomber

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Un avion de ravitaillement (2)

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A flying tanker, an airborne tanker

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Un parachutage

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A drop

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Être en tenue de combat

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To be in battle dress

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Un treillis

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A fatigue dress

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Être en civil

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To be in civilian clothes

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Une décoration

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An order

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Une médaille

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A medal

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S’enrôler (2)

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To join the army, to join up

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Être militaire

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To be in the army

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Devenir militaire

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To go into the army

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Être sous les drapeaux

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To be under arms

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Le service militaire (2)

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Military service, conscription

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Être apte

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To be fit for service

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Être exempté

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To be unfit for service

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68
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Réformer quelqu’un pour raison médicales

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To invalid somebody out of the army

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S’engager

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To enlist

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Un bureau de recrutement (2)

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A recruiting station/office

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Se dérober au service militaire

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To dodge the draft

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Stationner

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To station

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Cantonner

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To billet

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Être en garnison

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To be garrisoned

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Une ville de garnison

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A garrison town

76
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Une caserne, un quartier

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Barracks

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Au quartier

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In barracks

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Un camps d’entraînement

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A boot camp

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Être au garde à vous

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To stand at attention

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Marcher au pas (2)

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To keep step, To march

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Être en permission (2)

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To be on leave, to be on furlough

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Déserter

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To desert

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Un déserteur

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A deserter

84
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La Cour Martiale

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A Court-Martial

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Passer en Cour Martiale

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To be court-martialled

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Un belliciste

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A warmonger

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Parer une menace

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To parry a threat

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Mettre une menace à exécution

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To carry out a threat

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Être au bord de la guerre

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To be (poised) on the brink of war

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Mettre les troupe en état d’alerte

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To pût troops on the alert

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Menacer la paix, la mettre à rude épreuve

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To strain peace

92
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Glisser vers la guerre

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To slip into war

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Mettre le feu aux poudres

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To spark a conflict

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Être sur le pied de guerre

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To be on the war-footing

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La mobilisation

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Mobilisation

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Lever une armée

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To raise an army

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Avoir u. Million de soldats mobilisés

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To havé Noé million men under arms

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Mobiliser

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To call up

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Envoyer des troupes

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To despatch troops

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Masser des troupes

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To mass troups

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Resserrer les rangs

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To close ranks

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Neutralité

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Neutrality

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Une guerre civile

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A civil war

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Une guerre d’indépendance

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An independance war

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Une guerre d’usure

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A war of attrition

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Une guerre sainte

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A holy war

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Une guerre totale

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An all-out war, a total war

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La guerre

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Warfare

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Une guerre chimique

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Chemical warfare

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Hostilités

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Hostilities

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Une bataille

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A battle

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Une contre-attaque

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A counterattack

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L’armée de terre (2)

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Thé army, the ground forces

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Faire tomber, tendre une embuscade

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To ambuch

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Une ambuscade

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An ambush

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Une attaque aérienne

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An air strike

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Déclencher une attaque

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To launch a strike

118
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Déclarer la guerre à …

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To declare war on …

119
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Prendre une armée

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To take up arms

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Faire la guerre à …

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To make war on …

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Faire la guerre

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To sage war

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Partir à la guerre

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To go to war

123
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Éclater

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To break out

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Le déclenchement

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The outbreak

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Le champ de bataille (2)

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The battleground, the battlefield

126
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Une zone de guerre

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A war zone

127
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Être en proie à la guerre

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To be in the grip of war

128
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Un sac de sable

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A sandbag

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Un fil de fer barbelé

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Barbed wire

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S’infiltrer à travers les lignes ennemi

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To infiltrate the enemy lines

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S’emparer d’un territoire

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To seize territory

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Déborder le front ennemi

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To outflank the enemy lines

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Débarquer

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To come ashore

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Faire débarquer des troupes

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To land forces

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Un débarquement

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A Landing

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Percer les lignes ennemi (2)

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To make a breach, to break though the enemy lines

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Repousser une invasion (2)

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To repel an invasion, to push back an invasion

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Un résistant

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A resistance fighter

139
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La Résistance

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The Resistance (movement)

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S’enliser

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To bog down

141
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Saborder une flotte

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To scuttle a fleet

142
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Épargner

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To spare

143
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Paser à l’offensive

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To take the offensive

144
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Repousser un assault

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To take by storm

145
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Gagner du terrain

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To gain ground

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Tenir bon (2)

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To hold steady, to hold fast

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Envoyer des renforts

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To send reinforcements

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S’enfoncer dans la guerre

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To sink into war

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Être dans l’impasse (2)

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To reach a stalemate, to reach a standstill

150
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Débloquer la situation

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To break a stalemate

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Un territoire occupé

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An occupied territory

152
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Un combat aérien

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A dogfight

153
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Survoler

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To fly over

154
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Bombarder (3)

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To bomb out, to shell, to strafe

155
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Larguer une bombe

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To drop a bomb

156
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Frapper une cible

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To strike a target

157
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Abattre un avion

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To down a plane

158
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Une arme chimique

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A chemical weapon

159
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Les gaz moutardes

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Mustard gas

160
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Paralyser

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To incapacitate

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Miner

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To mine

162
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Un champ de mines

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A minefield

163
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Une mine antipersonnelle

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A boody trap

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Faire le blocus

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To blockade

165
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Un blocus aérien

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An air blockade

166
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Un blocus

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A blockade

167
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Un pont aérien

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An airlift

168
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Affamer

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To starve out

169
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Ravitaillement

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Supplies

170
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Couper les voies de ravitaillement

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To cut supplies lines

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Assiéger (2)

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To lay siege on, to besiege

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Lever le siège (2)

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To raise a siege, to lift a siege

173
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Vaincre une armée/un pays

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To defeat an army/a country

174
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Subir une défaite

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To suffer a defeat

175
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Repousser une armée

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To roll back an army

176
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En déroute

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In disarray

177
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Une situation désespérée

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A no-win situation

178
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Sauver les meubles

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To cut one’s losses

179
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Capituler

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To capitulate

180
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Désarmer

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To disarm

181
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Se retirer

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To withdraw

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