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1
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rationning cards

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les cartes de rationnement

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to follow

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suivre

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a challenge

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un défi

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malnourished

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mal nourri (e)

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to save someone

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sauver quelqu’un

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testimonies

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des témoignages

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to roll into

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rouler dans

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réservoirs

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tanks

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on june 1940…

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le juin 1940

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to be humbled

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etre humble

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consolation

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consolation

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over (something e.g- a building or place)

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au-dessus du

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the flag

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le drapeau

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while, whereas, when

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alors que

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the city of light

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la ville de lumiere

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to damage

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endommager

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damaged

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endommagé

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soon

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bientot

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perculiar

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particulier

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a kind (of something)

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un type

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normality

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normalité

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nightclubs

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boites de nuit

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to reopen

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rouvrir

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for business

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pour les affaires

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to suit

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convenir

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conquerors

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conquérants

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vanquished

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vaincu

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they wanted the parisiens to be distracted (goes into the subjunctive) (que is used)

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ils voulaient que les parisiens soient distraits

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etre distrait

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to be distracted

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culturally

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culturellement

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at least

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au moins

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over the next 4 years

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au cours des quatre prochaines années

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to flourish

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s’épanouir, prospérer

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peacetime

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temps de paix

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only a handful of

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seulement une poignée de

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to ask

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demander

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efficace

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efficiently

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organisé

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organised

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desorganisé

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disorganised

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inhumain(e)

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inhuman

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vaste

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vast

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brutal(e)

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brutal

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haineux/haineuse

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hateful

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stricte

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strict

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controlé(e)

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controlled

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antidémocratique (regime de vichy)

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anti-democratique

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conservateur

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conservative

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antisémite

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anti-sematic

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injuste

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unfair

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inutile

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useless

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choquant(e)

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chocking

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inadmissable

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unacceptable

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tolérable

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tolerable

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intolérable

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intolerable

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impensable

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unthinkable

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gérable

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manageable

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ingérable

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unmanageable

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irrémédiable

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unrevelled

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effrayant

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frightening

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incroyable

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incredible

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horrible

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horrible

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révoltant

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appaling

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frustrant(e)

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frustrating

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inconcevable

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inconceivable

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compréhensible

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understandable

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incompréhensible

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incomprehensible

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inimaginable

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unimaginable

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inexplicable

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unexplainable

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discours

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speech

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la ligne de démarcation

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dividing line

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Prendre le pouvoir

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to take power

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envahir

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to invade

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le couvre-feu

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curfew

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le manque

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the lack or shortage

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la faim

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hunger

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un laisser-passer

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pass (identity)

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déporter

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to deport

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la déportation

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deportation

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expulser

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to deport

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une interdiction

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a ban

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interdire

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to ban/forbid

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discriminatoire

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discriminatory

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passer la frontiere

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to cross the border

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un rafle

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raid (to find jews)

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une arrestation

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arrest

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détenir

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to detain

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la zone interdite

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forbidden zone

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une exécution

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un execution

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un collabo (rateur)

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collaborator

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le marché noir

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the black market

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le carburant

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fuel

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la communication radiophonique

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radio communication

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l’effondrement

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the collapse

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le bombardement

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the bombing

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la ligne Maginot

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the Maginot line

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infranchissable

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uncrossable

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la capitulation

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surrender

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la devise

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the motto

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la pénurie de denrées

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shortage of foodstuffs

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saboter

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to sabotage

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lutter

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to fight/struggle

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la guerre des ondes

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war of the radio waves

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clandestin

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secret

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la Résistance interieure

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resistance within France

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le réseau

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network

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un attentat

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attack

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armé

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armed

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le maquis

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shrubland where the resistance hid

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un franc-tireur

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a free-fighter

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un maquisard

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resister who lived in the maquis to recruite

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recruter

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to recrute

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etre divisé

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to be divided

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la presse clandestine

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illegal press

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se livrer a

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to carry out

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faire exploser

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to explode/blow up

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se réunir en secret

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to meet in secret

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dissimuler

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to hide (someone or something)

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fidele

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faithful

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courageux

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brave

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un tract

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pamphlet

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des faux-papiers

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false papers

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un réfractaire

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draft-dodger/ resister

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un réseau d’évasion

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escape network

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un saboteur

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saboteur

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mener un campagne

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to lead a campaign

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des renseignements

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information

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la diffusion

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spreading, broadcasting

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des filieres

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networks

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la mise sur pied

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setting-up

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perpétrer des actions

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to carry out deeds

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la tranche d’age

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age range

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une manifestation

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demonstration

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ominprésent

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ubiquitous (found everywhere)

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un comité

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committee

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un chef

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a leader/boss

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un agent

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agent

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un chansonnier

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songwriter

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un écrivainn

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writer

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censurer

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to censure

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la création culturelle

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cultural creativity

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coopérer avec les occupants

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to cooperate with the occupiers

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divertir

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to entertain

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un divertissement

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show, entertainment

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éradiquer la culture francaise

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to eradicate the french culture

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la volonté nazie

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the nazi will

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le pillage des oeuvres d’art

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looting of artworks

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un age d’or du cinema

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golden age of cinema

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tourner

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to film, to shoot a film

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influencer l’opinion

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to influence public opinion

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publier

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to publish

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l’épuration

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purification

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l’emprisonnement

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the imprisonment

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l’extrémisme

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extremism

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la montée de la résistance

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rise of the resistance

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un rédacteur

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editor

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monter une piece

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to put on a play

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des films légers

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lightweight movies

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céder a

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to give in to

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imprimer

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to print

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une interdiction de tournage

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ban on filming

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etre constraint a

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to be forced to

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un metteur en scene

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director

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d’aprés guerre

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post-war

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les dégats

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damage

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rebatir

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to rebuild

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investir

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to invest

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