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l’armée de métier

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professional / regular (UK) army

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discipliné

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disciplined

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bien / mal entraîné

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well / ill-trained

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invincible

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invicible

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lever une armée

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to build up an army (built, built)
to raise
to draw up (drew, drawn)

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déborder

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to outflank

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déjouer les plans

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to outmanoeuvre (UK)
to outmaneuver (US)
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écraser

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to defeat, to crush

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des généraux en chambre (qui ne sont pas au front)

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armchair-generals

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sous commandement britannique

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under British command

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une armée forte de 5000 hommes

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an army 5000 strong

a 5000-strong army

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il a été promu au grade de colonel

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he was promoted to the rank of colonel

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être dégradé

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to be reduced = to be demoted to the ranks

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hôpital militaire de campagne

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MASH, Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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la marine de guerre

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the navy

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la marine de guerre britannique

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the Royal Navy

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la marine de guerre américaine

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the United States Navy, USN

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la section féminine de la marine royale

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the Women’s Royal Naval Service, WRNS

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les Marines britanniques

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the Royal Marines, RM

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le corps des Marines américain

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the United States Marine Corps, USMC

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un fusilier marin

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a Marine rifleman

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un amiral

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an admiral, Adm (UK), ADM (US)

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un vice-amiral

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a vice-admiral

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un contre-amiral

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a rear-admiral

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l'amirauté, le ministère de la marine
the Admiralty
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commodore (grade dans différentes marines militaires)
commodore, Cdre (Uk), CDRE (US)
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capitaine, commandant d'un navire
captain, Capt (UK), CAPT (US)
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capitaine de frégate
commander, Cdr (UK), CDR (US)
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un marin, un matelot
a sailor a seaman a rating
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une flotte, une escadre
a fleet
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un navire, un vaisseau
a ship = a vessel
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un navire de guerre
a warship = a war vessel = a man-of-war
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un cuirassé
a battleship = a dreadnought
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un croiseur
a cruiser
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un torpilleur
a torpedo boat (accentué sur pi long)
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une vedette
a launch
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un patrouilleur
a patrol boat/ship
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un porte-avions
an aircraft-carrier
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un sous-marin allemand (WW2)
a U-boat
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servie dans la marine
to serve in the navy
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un sous-marin nucléaire
a nuclear-propelled submarine
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il a ou pas le pied marin
he is a good/bad sailor
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l'armée de l'air britannique
the Royal Air Force RAF
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l'armée de l'air américaine
the United States Air Force USAF
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la section féminine de l'armée de l'air
the Women's RAF
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commandant en chef des forces aériennes
Marshal of the RAF (UK) | General of the Air Force (USA)
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un pont aérien
an airlift
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les troupes aéroportées
the airborne troops (oui avec un e)
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un parachutiste
a paratrooper
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les parachutistes
the paratroops
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une escadre aérienne
a wing
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une escadrille
a flight
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une base aérienne
an airbase (son s, pas z)
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la couverture aérienne
air cover
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un chasseur à r&éaction
a jet fighter
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un bombardier
a bomber (on ne dit pas le 2e b)
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système de détection radar
AWACS (airborne warning and control system) | an AWACS plane
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un avion furtif
a stealth aircraft (prononcé è)
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un avion ravitailleur
a tanker
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un hélicoptère, un hélico
a helicopter, a chopper
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un avion/hélico de combat
a gunship
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téléguidé, sans pilote
unmanned, pilotless

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