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Warfare Flashcards

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Un guerrier

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A warrior

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Un tir de barrage d’artillerie

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An artillery barrage

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Une attaque aérienne

  • une alerte antiaérienne
  • un abri antiaérien
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An air-raid

  • an air-raid warning
  • an air-raid shelter
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L’uniforme

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An uniform

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Un casque

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An helmet

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Une tenue pare-balles

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A body armor

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Un gilet pare-balles

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A flak jacket

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Un masque à gaz

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A gas mask

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Lunette / jumelle pour vision nocturne

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Night-vision goggles / binoculars

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L’ennemi

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The enemy

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Le front / le champ de bataille

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The front / the battlefield

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Un combat

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A battle = a fight

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Combattre

Un combattant

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To fight

A fighter

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Le combat

L’affrontement

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Fighting

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Attaquer

Une attaque

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To attack

An attack

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Contre-attaquer

Une contre-attaque

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To counter-attack

A counter-attack

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Envahir
Un envahisseur
Une invasion

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To invade
An invader
An invasion

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Les forces d’invasion

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The invasion forces

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Un assaut

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An onslaught

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Un mouvement en tenailles

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A pincer movement

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Un siège

Assiéger

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A siege

To besiege

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  1. Une embuscade

2. Une escarmouche

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An ambush

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Des renforts

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Reinforcements

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Débarquer

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To land

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Couler / saborder un navire

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To sink / scuttle a ship

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Un tireur embusqué

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A sniper

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Un tireur d’élite

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A sharpshooter

A marksman

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Blesser

Une blessure

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To wound
A wound

// to injure 
An injure
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Tuer

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To kill

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Défendre

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To defend

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Résister à qqn

La résistance

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To resist sb

Resistance

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Encercler

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To encircle

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Cerner qqch

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To close in on sth

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Tirer sur qqn

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To fire at / on sb

= to shoot at sb

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Abattre

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To down

= to shoot down

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Saboter

Le sabotage

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To sabotage

Sabotage

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vaincre

une défaite

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to defeat

a defeat

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38
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la retraite

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retreat

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se rendre

une reddition / capitulation

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to surrender

a surrender

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capituler

capitulation

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to capitulate

capitulation

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désarmer

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to disarm

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un prisonnier

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a prisoner

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mortel

les morts

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lethal = fatal

the fatalities

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les victimes

( = morts et blessés) = les pertes

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the casualties

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les mutilés de guerre

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the car-disabled

disabled ex-servicemen

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46
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le bilan des pertes

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the death toll

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47
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un bain de sang

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a bloodbath

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massacrer

un massacre

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to slaughter

a slaughter

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49
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un sac mortuaire

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a body bag

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50
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un vainqueur
la victoire
victorieux

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a victor
an occupier
occupation

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51
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les réfugiés

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the refugees

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52
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fuir

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ro flee

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53
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piller
le pillage
un pillard

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to loot
looting
a looter

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(se) retirer

le retrait

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to withdraw

withdrawal

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55
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la guerre
les armes modernes 
nucléaire 
psychologique 
chimique
bactériologique 
non conventionnelle 
électronique
A 
modern 
nuclear 
psychological 
chemical 
biological 
(un) conventional 
electronic war (fare) / weapons
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une guerre civile / sainte

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a civil war

a holy war

57
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une guerre totale

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an all-out

= a full-scale war

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un acte

une déclaration de guerre

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an act / a declaration of war

59
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une guerre d’aggression / d’usure

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a war of agression / of attrition

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un prisonnier de guerre

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a prisoner of war

61
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déclarer la guerre à

être en guerre avec

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to declare war on

to be at war with

62
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faire la guerre à un pays

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to wage war against / on a country

63
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gagner // perdre une guerre

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to win // loose a war

64
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un pays en guerre

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a country at war

65
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la guérilla / la guerre de tranchées

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guerilla / trench warfare

66
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une victoire écrasante / sans précédent

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an overwhelming / unprecedented victory

67
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une victoire âprement disputé

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a hard-won victory

68
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une victoire glorieuse

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a glorious victory

69
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une essentielle victoire

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a major victory

70
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une victoire écrasante

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a massive victory

71
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une victoire fracassante

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a resounding victory

72
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une victoire nette

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a clear-cut victory

73
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une victoire fragile / éphémère

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a narrow / short-lived victory

74
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remporter
s’emparer de
s’assurer de
s’emparer de justesse de la victoire

A

to bring off…
to grasp …
to secure
to snatch victory

75
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se terminer par une une victoire

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to end in victory

76
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une défaite écrasante

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a crushing defeat

77
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une défaite subie de justesse

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a narrow defeat

78
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éviter la défaite

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to avert = avoid = escape defeat

79
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provoquer / se terminer qqch

A

to bring about = cause / end in = result in defeat

80
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essuyer la défaite

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to suffer defeat

81
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à la veille de la guerre

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on the eve of (the) war

82
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au bord de la guerre

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on the brink of war

83
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lorsque la guerre a éclaté

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at the outbreak of war

84
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la puissance de feu d’un pays

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the firepower of a country

85
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la bataille est engagée

A

the battle is under way

86
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l’avant-guerre

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the pre-war

87
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l’après-guerre

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the post-war

88
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l’entre-deux-guerres

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inter-war period

89
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faire la guerre

A

making war

90
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ouvrir // cesser le feu

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to open // to cease fire

91
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lancer une attaque

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to launch an attack

92
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larguer des bombes

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to drop bombs

93
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tester / évaluer les défense

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to test / gauge defences

94
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une frappe aérienne massive

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a massive air strike

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une poche de résistance

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a pocket of resistance

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de violents engagements

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fierce engagements

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la tactique de la terre brulé

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scorched-earth tactics

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pilonner les positions ennemies

A

to pound the enemy positions

99
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remonter le moral des troupes

A

to raise the morale of troops

100
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prendre le controle de

A

to take control of

101
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prendre pied sur

A

to gain/ secure a foothold on

102
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s’emparer d’une ville

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to seize a city

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sécuriser un secteur

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to secure a sector

104
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localiser une cible

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to pinpoint a target

105
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faire sauter un pont

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to blow up a bridge

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infliger de lourdes pertes

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to inflict severe casualties

107
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attaquer par l’arrière

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to attack from the rear

108
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repousser l’ennemi

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to push bac the enemy

109
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opposer une résistance

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to put up a fight

110
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assiéger une ville

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to lay siege to a city

111
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lever le siège

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to ligt the siege

112
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essuyer des revers / subir une défaite

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to suffer setbacks / a defeat

113
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s’avouer vaincu

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to admit defeat

114
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battre en retraite

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to beat a retreat

115
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un journaliste / reporté intégré

A

an embedded journalist / reporter

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un combat inégal

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a lopsided fight

117
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tué au combat

A

killed in combat

118
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porté disparu

A

reported missing

119
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des tirs amis

A

friendly dire

120
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sur le champ de bataille / au front

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in the field

121
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les réparations de guerre

A

war repartitions

122
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cela a porté un sérieux coup au moral

A

this inflicted a heavy toll on morale

123
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elle a été blessée à la jambe

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she was wounded in the leg

124
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il a été pris en otage / fait prisonnier

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he was taken hostage / prisoner

125
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une opération de sauvetage est en cours

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a rescue operation is under way

126
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l’assaut final est lancé

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the final onslaught is launched

127
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le combat de rues pourrait faire un grand nombre de victimes civiles

A

street-to-street fighting could claim large numbers of civilian lives

128
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la meilleure défense, c’est lattage

A

the best form of defense is attack

129
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la guerre de troie

A

the Trojan war

130
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la guerre des deux rosse

A

the wars of the roses

131
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la guerre de 100 ans

A

the hundred years’ war

132
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la guerre de secession

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the american civil war

133
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la drôle de guerre

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the phone war

134
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1GM / 2GM

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the first / second world war

135
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les troupes alliées

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the allied troops

136
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le jour j

A

d-day

137
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le 8 mai

A

VE day

victory in Europe

138
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le 15 mai

A

VJ day

= victory over japan

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