world affairs Flashcards

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un allié

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an ally

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convoquer

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to convene

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un désaccord

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a disagreement

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une impasse

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a quandary

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s’enliser

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to be bogged down

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des concessions mutuelles

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give and take

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un compromis

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a trade-of

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un accord

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a agreement

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un traité

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a treaty

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préparer/rédiger

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to draft

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stipuler que

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to stipulate that

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ratifier la ratification

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to ratify ratification

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coopérer

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to cooperate

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intervenir/s’interposer

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to intervene

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un consul un consulat

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a consul/ a consulate

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étranger

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foreign

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un étranger

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a foreigner

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18
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la douane

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customs

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inaliénable

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in(un)alienable

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une charte

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a charter

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faire respecter

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to uphold

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violer

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to violate

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emprisonner

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to imprison

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l’incarceration

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imprisonment

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retenir en captivité
to detain
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un détenu
a detainee
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massacrer
to massacre/to slaughter
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un massacre
a slaughter
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une tuerie
a mass killing
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un séparatiste
a separatist
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un militant islamique
a islamic
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une alerte à la bombe
a bomb scare
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une cible civile
a civilian target
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une bombe à retardement
a time bomb
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un engin
a device
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télécommandé
remote controlled
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viser
to aim at
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frapper une cible
to hit a target
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abattre
to gun down
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faire sauter
to blow up
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un attentat suicide
a suicide attempt
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bourré de
packed with
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désamorcer
to defuse
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déchiqueté
mangled
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ravagé
wrecked
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les décombres
rubbles
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un otage
a hostage
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la prise d'otage
hostaging
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prendre quelqu'un en otage
to take somebody hostage
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enlever/un enlèvement
to abduct/an abduction
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un ravisseur/un prisonnier
a captor/a captive
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retenir/détenir
to hold
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les yeux bandés
lindfolded
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sauver/libérer
to rescue
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échanger
to swap
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traquer quelqu'un
to track down somebody
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infiltrer
to penetrate
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le secret
secrecy
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espionner quelqu'un
to spy on sby
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l'espionnage
spying/espionage