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1
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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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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

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To break out

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Se battre

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To fight

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Attaquer

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To attack

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Défendre

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To defend

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Conquérir

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To conquer

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La conquête

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Conquest

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Envahir

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To invade

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Assiéger

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To besiege

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Les forces armées

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Armed forces

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Un corps expéditionnaire

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A task force

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Les troupes

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Troops

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Les forces aéronavales

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Air and sea forces

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Une campagne militaire

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A military campaign

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Le champ de bataille

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The battlefield

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Déployer

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To deploy

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Le déploiement

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Deployment

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Retirer des troupes d’un endroit

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To withdraw troops from a place

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Le retrait

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Withdrawal

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Un blocus

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A blockade

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Vaincre un adversaire

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To defeat an adversary

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Un revers

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A setback

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Des représailles

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Reprisals

Retaliation

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User de représailles envers quelqu’un

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To retaliate against somebody

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Un vainqueur

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A victor

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What does “army” mean?

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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

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A serviceman

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Un soldat

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A soldier

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Un militaire de carrière

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A professional soldier

A career soldier

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S’engager dans l’armée de l’air

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To join the Air Force

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S’enrôler dans l’armée de l’air

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To enlist in the Air Force

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Recruter

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To recruit

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Une recrue

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A recruit

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Un officier

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An officer

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Un objecteur de conscience

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A conscientious objector

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Déserter

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To desert

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Un déserteur

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A deserter

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Faire face à

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To handle

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Franc-tireur

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Sniper

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Sentinelle

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Sentry

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Capteur

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Sensor

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Prompts à la gâchette

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Trigger-happy

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Des armes

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Weapons

Arms

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Des armes de destruction massive

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Weapons of mass destruction

WMDs

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Un arsenal

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An arsenal

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Des munitions

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Ammunition

Munitions

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Une bombe

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A bomb

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Bombarder

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To bomb

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Un bombardement

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A bombing

A bombardment

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Un bombardier

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A bomber

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Des armes intelligentes

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Smart weapons

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Une frappe

Une intervention aérienne

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An air strike

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Une frappe chirurgicale

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A surgical strike

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Un bombardier furtif

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A stealth bomber

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Un porte-avions

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An aircraft carrier

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Un avion de chasse

Un chasseur

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A fighter (plane)

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Un drone

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A drone

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Un avion téléguidé

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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

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Un missile

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A missile

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La guerre des nerfs

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War of nerves

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La guerre d’usure

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War of attrition

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La guerre nucléaire

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Nuclear warfare

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La guerre biologique

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Biological warfare

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La guerre chimique

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Chemical warfare

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Massacre

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Massacre

Slaughter

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Effusion de sang
Carnage
Boucherie

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Bloodshed

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Les blessés

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The wounded

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Les morts et les blessés

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The casualties

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Bilan des victimes

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Death toll

93
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How much civilian deaths have drones made in 2013?

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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

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Out every move

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Le renseignement

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Intelligence

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Espionner un ennemi

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To spy on an enemy

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Satellite-espion

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A spy satellite

A surveillance satellite

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Un crime de guerre

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A war crime

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Un criminel de guerre

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A war criminal

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Un crime contre l’humanité

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A crime against humanity

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Un génocide

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A genocide

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Purification ethnique

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Ethnic cleansing

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Exterminer

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To exterminate

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Butin

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Spoils

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Un cessez-le-feu

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A ceasefire

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Une trêve

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A truce

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Se rendre

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To surrender

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Un armistice

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An armistice

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Le désarmement

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Disarmament

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Un pacifiste

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A peace campaigner
A pacifist
A peacenik

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Un bourbier

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A quagmire

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L’enlisement

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Stalemate

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Des pourparlers de paix

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Peace talks

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Le processus de paix

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The peace process

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Un accord de paix

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A peace agreement
A peace accord
A peace settlement

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Un traité de paix

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A peace treaty

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Le dividende de la paix

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The peace dividend

118
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Un prisonnier de guerre

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A prisoner of war

A POW

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Etre porté disparu

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To be reported missing

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S’absenter sans permission

Manquer à l’appel

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To be absent without leave

AWOL

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Un ancien combattant

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A veteran

A vet

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Un amputé

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An amputee

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Etre estropié

Etre mutile pour la vie

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To be maimed for life

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Névrose post-traumatique

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD

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Parachutiste

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Paratrooper

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