17-History Flashcards

(50 cards)

1
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in the past, formely

A

autrefois (2)

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a custom

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une coutume

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3
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to start with, at first

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au début (2)

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4
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eventually, in the end

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à la fin, finalement (2)

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5
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today’s world, yesterday’s men

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le monde d’aujourd’hui, les hommes du passé

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6
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in those days, at that time

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à l’époque (2)

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7
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remote

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lointain, éloigné

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8
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the third millennium

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le troisième millénaire

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9
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to occur, to happen, to take place

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se produire, se passer (3)

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10
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history repeats itself

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l’histoire se répète

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11
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the postwar period

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l’après-guerre

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12
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to come to an end

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prendre fin

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13
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to put an end to

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mettre fin à

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14
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previous

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préalable

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15
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former, ancient

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ancien (2)

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16
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of yore

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d’antan

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17
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an empress

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une impératrice

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18
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a kingdom

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un royaume

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19
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an absolute monarch

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un monarque absolu

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20
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to be crowned

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être couronné

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21
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to reign (over)

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régner (sur)

22
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to date back to

23
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The Middle Ages

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le Moyen Âge

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the Renascence

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la Renaissance

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l'Âge d'Or
the Golden Age
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the Storming of the Bastille
la prise de la Bastille
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the aftermath
les suites, les conséquences
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an uprising
un soulèvement
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the Rights of Man, human rigtss
les Droits de l'Homme
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Enlightnment
les Lumières
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the Revolutionary War
la guerre d'indépendance (US)
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to free (from)
libérer (de)
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to herd
parquer
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to be beheaded
être décapité
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to elapse
s'écouler
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Cromwell's Republic
la République de Cromwell
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once
jadis, un jour (passé)
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the forefathers
les ncêtres
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an anniversary, a jubilee
un anniversaire (de qch)
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a coronation
un couronnement
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rise and fall
grandeur et décadence
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the heydday
l'apogée
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to bequeath
transmettre, léguer
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to be up in arms against
se révolter, s'insurger contre
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William the Conqueror
Guillaume le Conquérant
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the Gunpowder Plot
la Conjuration des Poudres
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the Great Plague
la Grande Epidémie de Peste
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the Great Fire of London
l'Incendie de Londres
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the Battle of Britain
la Bataille d'Angleterre
50
the Hong Kong Handover
la Rétrocession de Hong Kong