War And Peace Flashcards

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La guerre et la paix

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War and peace

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Faites l’amour, pas la guerre

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Make love, not war

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Conflit
Litige
Contentieux

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a dispute

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Un litige frontalier

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A border dispute

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Un conflit armé

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An armed conflict

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Etre mêlé à un conflit

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To be embroiled In a conflict

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Ennemi

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Enemy

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Un désaccord
Une dispute
Une querelle

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Disagreement

Row

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Une épreuve de force

Un Bras de fer

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A showdown

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Militaire

Civil

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Military

Civilian

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Les militaires

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The military

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Un belliciste

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A warmonger

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La propagande belliciste

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Warmongering

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Un militariste

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A militarist

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Militariste

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Militaristic

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Etre en guerre

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To be at war

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Etre en paix

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To be at peace

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18
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What is the Pentagon?

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The headquarter of the US Department of Défense (DoD)

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Est dirigé

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Is headed by

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Chefs d’état-major

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Chiefs of Staff

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Application

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Implementation

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Déclarer la guerre a un pays

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To declare war on a country

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Faire la guerre à un ennemi

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To wage war on an enemy

To wage war against an enemy

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Un allié

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An ally

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Éclater
To break out
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Se battre
To fight
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Attaquer
To attack
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Défendre
To defend
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Conquérir
To conquer
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La conquête
Conquest
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Envahir
To invade
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Assiéger
To besiege
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Les forces armées
Armed forces
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Un corps expéditionnaire
A task force
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Les troupes
Troops
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Les forces aéronavales
Air and sea forces
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Une campagne militaire
A military campaign
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Le champ de bataille
The battlefield
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Déployer
To deploy
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Le déploiement
Deployment
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Retirer des troupes d'un endroit
To withdraw troops from a place
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Le retrait
Withdrawal
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Un blocus
A blockade
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Vaincre un adversaire
To defeat an adversary
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Un revers
A setback
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Des représailles
Reprisals | Retaliation
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User de représailles envers quelqu'un
To retaliate against somebody
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Un vainqueur
A victor
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What does "army" mean?
The part of a country's military force that is trained to fight on land in a war" = l'armée de terre
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Un militaire
A serviceman
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Un soldat
A soldier
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Un militaire de carrière
A professional soldier | A career soldier
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S'engager dans l'armée de l'air
To join the Air Force
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S'enrôler dans l'armée de l'air
To enlist in the Air Force
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Recruter
To recruit
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Une recrue
A recruit
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Un officier
An officer
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Un objecteur de conscience
A conscientious objector
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Déserter
To desert
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Un déserteur
A deserter
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Faire face à
To handle
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Franc-tireur
Sniper
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Sentinelle
Sentry
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Capteur
Sensor
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Prompts à la gâchette
Trigger-happy
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Des armes
Weapons | Arms
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Des armes de destruction massive
Weapons of mass destruction | WMDs
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Un arsenal
An arsenal
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Des munitions
Ammunition | Munitions
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Une bombe
A bomb
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Bombarder
To bomb
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Un bombardement
A bombing | A bombardment
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Un bombardier
A bomber
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Des armes intelligentes
Smart weapons
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Une frappe | Une intervention aérienne
An air strike
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Une frappe chirurgicale
A surgical strike
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Un bombardier furtif
A stealth bomber
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Un porte-avions
An aircraft carrier
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Un avion de chasse | Un chasseur
A fighter (plane)
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Un drone
A drone
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Un avion téléguidé
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
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Un missile
A missile
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La guerre des nerfs
War of nerves
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La guerre d'usure
War of attrition
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La guerre nucléaire
Nuclear warfare
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La guerre biologique
Biological warfare
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La guerre chimique
Chemical warfare
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Massacre
Massacre | Slaughter
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Effusion de sang Carnage Boucherie
Bloodshed
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Les blessés
The wounded
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Les morts et les blessés
The casualties
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Bilan des victimes
Death toll
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How much civilian deaths have drones made in 2013?
A UN report found that in 2013 at least a third of all civilian deaths in air strikes in Afghanistan had been caused by drones
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Chacun de nos gestes
Out every move
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Le renseignement
Intelligence
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Espionner un ennemi
To spy on an enemy
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Satellite-espion
A spy satellite | A surveillance satellite
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Un crime de guerre
A war crime
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Un criminel de guerre
A war criminal
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Un crime contre l'humanité
A crime against humanity
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Un génocide
A genocide
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Purification ethnique
Ethnic cleansing
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Exterminer
To exterminate
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Butin
Spoils
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Un cessez-le-feu
A ceasefire
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Une trêve
A truce
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Se rendre
To surrender
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Un armistice
An armistice
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Le désarmement
Disarmament
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Un pacifiste
A peace campaigner A pacifist A peacenik
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Un bourbier
A quagmire
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L'enlisement
Stalemate
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Des pourparlers de paix
Peace talks
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Le processus de paix
The peace process
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Un accord de paix
A peace agreement A peace accord A peace settlement
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Un traité de paix
A peace treaty
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Le dividende de la paix
The peace dividend
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Un prisonnier de guerre
A prisoner of war | A POW
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Etre porté disparu
To be reported missing
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S'absenter sans permission | Manquer à l'appel
To be absent without leave | AWOL
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Un ancien combattant
A veteran | A vet
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Un amputé
An amputee
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Etre estropié | Etre mutile pour la vie
To be maimed for life
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Névrose post-traumatique
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | PTSD
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Parachutiste
Paratrooper